HISTORY 1DD3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Europe 1, Turkey Shoot, Unconditional Surrender
22 Oct 2017
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Home front: african americans, a. philip randolph- threatens march on washington, charles drew- discovers the blood plasma method, north africa. Europe: stalin calls for a 2nd front, el alamein, montgomery v. romal. Patan becomes u. s tank general: soviet general zhukov traps germans in stalingrad. 2 months of attrition: turning point on eastern front, allied advance, sicily and italy, churchill wants to protect the balkans from the soviets, battle of kursk. Soviet v. german tank battle: soviet victory. Last major german offensive: freeing of europe, d-day- june 6th 1944. Lead by dwight eisenhower: ground command= omar bradley. Allied breakout= george paton: battle of the bulge, hitler"s last ditch effort, initial success but then allied victory. Pacific: active defense while germany is priority, jimmy doolittle raids over tokyo, battle of coral sea. Albert einstein, prodded by leo szilard, interests fdr in developing the bomb.
