World War II- Chapter 17.2

Dwight D. Eisenhower

American General

Harry S. Truman

Became the nation's 33rd president in 1945

Erwin Rommel

General of the Afrika Korps from operation torch

George Patton

General who led Third Army. They reached the Seine River south of Paris

Omar Bradley

General who unleashed massive air and land bombardment against the enemy at St. Lô, providing a gap in the German line of defense

Battle of Atlantic

The German aim in the Battle of the Atlantic was to prevent food and war materials from reaching Great Britain and the Soviet Union. The Allies responded by organizing their cargo ships into convoys.

V-E Day

Victory in Europe Day. The war in Europe was finally over

Battle of Midway

a World War II battle that took place in early June 1942. The Allies decimated the Japanese fleet at Midway, an island lying northwest of Hawaii. The Allies then took the offensive in the Pacific and began to move closer to Japan

Battle of Bulge

a month-long battle of World War II, in which the Allies succeeded in turning back the last major German offensive of the war

Operation Torch

an invasion of Axis-controlled North Africa. Allie victory

D-Day

name given to June 6, 1944—the day on which the Allies launched an invasion of the European mainland during World War II

Battle of Stalingrad

the Soviet army began to move westward toward Germany