HIEU 242 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Allied Invasion Of Sicily, Axis Powers, Operation Bagration
22 May 2018
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Wednesday, March 28, 2018
HIEU 242 Lecture 20
Eastern Front and WWII Part 2
-Eastern Front
•(Western front if you are Russia)
•incredibly violent
•Operation Barbarossa
-Stalingrad 1942
-2 million dead
-Russians dig in close so German air support kills Germans as well as Russians
-German 6th Army slowly freeze and starve to death
-WWII Part 2
•Questions
-how does WWII end
-what is the danger of dehumanizing the Nazis
-War turns against the axis powers
•after Stalingrad
-Soviet Army turns Eastern Front against Germany
•in the Pacific 1942-1943
-American entry into WWII fundamentally changes the war
-successful island hopping campaign in the Pacific pushes Japanese forces back
•in Europe: invasion of Sicily 1943
-Rome is liberated by Allied Forces (US, Britain, and Canada)
-eventually Italy itself is liberated
-Mussolini shot by firing squad and hung in public square April 1945
•served as a warning to his fascist followers
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Document Summary
Eastern front: (western front if you are russia, incredibly violent, operation barbarossa. Russians dig in close so german air support kills germans as well as russians. German 6th army slowly freeze and starve to death. What is the danger of dehumanizing the nazis. War turns against the axis powers: after stalingrad. Soviet army turns eastern front against germany: in the paci c 1942-1943. American entry into wwii fundamentally changes the war. Successful island hopping campaign in the paci c pushes japanese forces back: in europe: invasion of sicily 1943. Rome is liberated by allied forces (us, britain, and canada) Mussolini shot by ring squad and hung in public square april 1945: served as a warning to his fascist followers. D-day: june 6, 1944: largest military invasion in history, combined force of american, british, and canadian forces. 150000 soldiers: 10000 estimated casualties, allied forces reach paris in august 1944.
