Modern World History U#11

Doolittle Raid

U.S plan to bomb Japan

Army bombers= ?

Naval A.C

Doolittle Raid date

April 18, 1942

Wars fought in Africa

Battle of El Alamein & Battle of Tunisia

Battle of El Alamein

Brit. begin to push back Rommel [Germany]

Outcome of Battle of Tunisia

Ends Italian invasion in Africa

Operation Husky

Jul- Aug 1943

What happens at the start of Operation Husky

Mussolini ousted

What happens at the end of Operation Husky

Allied powers take Sicily

When does the Invasion of Italy begin?

September 1943

Invasion of Italy

Italy surrenders and Germany seized Italian military installations

What does Hitler do throughout May and June of 1944

Take Rome

D-Day = ?

Operation Overlord, Battle of Normandy

Operation Overlord

June- Aug 1944

U.S and Canada attack where for Operation Overlord

Utah, Omaha, & Juno Beaches

Outcome of the Battle of Normandy

Signaled the allies re-taking France from Germany

Operation Dragoon

Aug- Sep 1944

Battle of the Bulge

Dec - Jan, 1944 - 5

April 12 1945

FDR dies

Who is president after FDR dies?

Harry Truman

Battle of Berlin Initiated by?

Soviet Union

Double V Campaign

Called against fascism, racial segregation, and discrimination.

Tuskegee Airmen

First African American military aviators in the U.S. Army Air Corps