History 16.3
Mr.Carella Gr. 8 class
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- Battle of Stalingrad
- 1942*1943-Allied victory by the Soviet Union during WWII where the Axis powers lost many of their soliders
- Erwin Rommel
- Field Marshall Erwin Rommel was one of the most celebrated Nazi commanders during World War II, a sly tactician whose exploits in North Africa earned him the nickname "The Desert Fox."
- George Patton
- Known as "Old Blood and Guts," George S. Patton, Jr. was one of the most colorful generals of World War II. During World War II he served in North Africa and Sicily before becoming the commander of the Third Army.
- Bernard Montgomery
- lieutenant general, Montgomery reorganized the 8th Army, gave the officers and men confidence in themselves and in eventual victory, and set about to defeat his opponent, German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel.
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
- five-star general and oversaw the Allied forces in Europe, including the famous D-Day invasion of France in 1944.
- Battle of the Bulge
- 1944*1945-WWII battle in which the Allied forces ended Germany's ability to wage an offensive war
- Omar Bradley
- He commanded forces in North Africa and Sicily, then moved to command the American involvement in the D-Day invasion of 1944, ultimately liberating Paris, France from the German occupied forces.
- Battle of El Alamein
- 1942-British victory in WWII that stopped the Axis forces from advancing into Northern Africa
- George C. Marshall
- Marshall rose through the administrative ranks and served as the army's Chief of Staff during World War II, then as U.S. ambassador to China. Beginning in 1948 General Marshall oversaw the implementation of the European Recovery Program, since called The Marshall Plan, an economic policy to help Western Europe recover from the devastation of World War II.
- D-Day
- June 6, 1944; date of Allied invasion of France during WWII