'Merca Chapter 17 Section 2

By BBTB
  • Churchill to DC

    Churchill to DC

    Prime minister Churchill arrived at the whitehouse.
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    Battle of the Atlantic

    The Germans sank 87 ships off of the Atlantic shore, and had destroyed a total of 681 ships. Admiral Carl Doenitz of the German U-boat offensive, reports that losses had "reached an unbearable height."
  • Battle of Stalingrad

    Battle of Stalingrad

    Germans take offensive in southern Soviet Union. Germans conquer Stalingrad house by house and set the city on fire via Luftwaffe night bombings.
  • American Troops to North Africa

    American Troops to North Africa

    Some 107,000 allied troops, most of them American, landed in Casablanca, Oran and Algiers in North Africa.
  • Italy captures Sicily

    Italy captures Sicily

    Summer of '43, Italian campaign takes off to a good start by capturing Sicily.
  • Emmanuel III summons Il Duce

    Emmanuel III summons Il Duce

    King Victor Emmanuel III summoned Il Duce to his palace, strips him of power, and has him arrested.
  • Storming Beaches of Normandy

    Storming Beaches of Normandy

    Allied forces invade Omaha beach encountering extreme resistance. AKA D-DAY!
  • Bombing of St. Lo

    Bombing of St. Lo

    General Omar Bradley unleashes massive air and land bombardment against enemy at St. Lo
  • Battle of the Bulge

    Battle of the Bulge

    Under dense fog, 8 German tank divisions break through weak American defense along 80 mile front.
  • V-E Day

    V-E Day

    Eisenhower accepts unconditional surrender of the Third Reich.