Allies Turn the Tide


Allies
Turn
the
Tide
Chapter
17,
Section
3
1942
• Allies
increase
production.
• May
–
Japanese
are
defeated
at
Coral
Sea.
• June
–
Japanese
are
defeated
at
Midway.
• November
–
Allies
halt
German
advance
in
Africa.
• Big
Three
(Roosevelt,
Churchill,
Stalin)
agree
to
focus
war
in
Europe.
1943
• January
–
Germans
surrender
at
Stalingrad.
• May
–
Rommel’s
army
surrenders
in
North
Africa.
1944
• July
–
Allies
land
in
Sicily.
• September
–
Italians
surrender
to
Allies.
• Allies
bomb
German
facilities.
• June
6th
–
D‐day:
Allies
invade
Normandy
(Northern
France).
• August
–
Allies
enter
Paris.
• Autumn
–
German
defeat
seems
inevitable.