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Operation Gymnast

Original plan to attack North Africa

Operation Torch

U.S. and France attacked from the west and pushed east across North Africa

Operation Supercharge

Helped trap German forces by hitting them on two sides 

Operation Roundup 

Plan to invade France, but postponed due to lack of resources and limited air support at the time

Operation Sledgehammer

Considered a suicide mission, meant to keep soviets fighting to split its troops, allies needed air supremacy, military strength, landing equipment 

Allies relied on..

Air supremacy over Europe

Destroying German industry so they couldn’t rebuild

Lowering German morale by bringing the war home

Surrounding Germany from all sides

United States attacked

Omaha and Utah

England attacked

Gold and Sword

Canada attacked

Juno

Who led Allies into Europe

Dwight D. Eisenhower 

Overall goal?

Surround Germany, gain air supremacy, destroy German industry, lower morale

Why was North Africa important?

To defeat Rommel, secure the mediterranean, and remove German troops

Mulberries, PLUTO?

Artificial harbors, Pipeline under the coean used to supply fuel to troops

Why were Jews seen as outsiders?

Minority groups, limited rights

Who influenced Hitler’s antisemitism in Vienna?

Karl Luegar, mayor of vienna

Why did Germans accept Hitler’s Ideas?

Fear, Desperation, Economic problems, Nationalism, Weak governement

What were the Nuremberg Laws?

Laws that removed Jewish political rights

What was the U.S. mentality of stopping the Holocaust?

Faster we win, faster the Holocaust is over

What did the Arcadia Conference decide?

Europe first strategy, defeat Nazi Germany before Japan

What was the outcome of the Battle of Coral Sea?

A draw that stopped Japan from reaching Australia

Why did the U.S. win at Midway?

They broke Japanese naval codes

What was the Island hopping strategy?

To fight for only islands that mattered

What were two major war crimes trials after WWII?

Nuremberg and Tokyo

Crimes against peace

Pearl Harbor

War Crimes

Blitz on London

Crimes against Humanity 

Holocaust 

What was decided at the Potsdam Conference?

The division of Europe

Yalta Conference

Division of Germany

What was the GI Bill?

Serviceman’s Adjustment Act, everything is issued to you by the governement, money for housing, education, or buisness 

Economic Impacts of Great Depression

• GNP 3x

• Improved Standard of Living 

• Jobs increased 

Marshall Plan

Economic Recovery for Europe, eliminate desperation, you eliminate war

Operation Market Garden

Drop soilders by parachute to capture important bridges and then have ground troops rush across those bridges to invade GR faster 

Enola Gay

Plane used to drop atomic bomb

Arcadia Conference

Discussed early war plans

Casablanca Confrence

Decided on Sicily first, demand unconditional surrender, remove Italy from war

What was decided at the Yalta conference?

Division of Germany