Casablanca Conference-
U.S. and Great Britain meeting
- plan to destroy entire Germany
- attack on Italy
Strategic Bombing-
- German losses
- railroad
- oil shortage
- significantly weakened air force
- Dwight D Eisenhower
- leads Allied invasion of Sicily
- Allied victory
- DUKW- hauls supplies to Allied troops
- Cassino- Germans bombard Italian city
- Anzio- Allies go around German forces
- Tehran- "Big Three" meet
- plan German attack/break-up, Japan attack, world peace
- Overlord- Allied planned attack on France
-Pas de Calais- Allies trick Germans during invasion of France, attack on Normandy instead
-D-Day- Conditions were supposed to be ideal for France invasion
-Omaha Beach- Turning point, Allies eventually rise to the top against Germans
-Plan in the Pacific- Island-hopping and Philippines attack
-Island Hopping- Planned way to force Japan to surrender
-Tarawa- Unsuccessful island invasion. Boats sink, many die in battle/in water
-LVT- Armed boat, carried some U.S. soldiers to Tarawa, more successful in Marshall Islands
-Guadalcanal- First American invasion of southwest Pacific. Afterwards, U.S. victories until Leyte Gulf
-Leyte Gulf- Americans attack Eastern Philippines. Japan surrounds other areas of the island, causing American losses
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