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The United States Enters Three Fronts
the War By 1941 Germany had control over much
The United States had stayed of mainland Europe. They had tried to take
neutral during the war. They tried over Great Britain in 1940 with the Battle
to help out the Allies, but did not of Britain, but failed. Germany's army was
want to enter the fighting. stretched thin and was fighting on three
However, on December 7, 1941 fronts:
Japan attacked the US at Pearl • Eastern or Russian Front
Harbor. The US became a major • Mediterranean Front and Africa
power within the Allies Alliance • Western Front (France and Great
Britain)
Interesting Facts
In 1942 and 1943 the Allies began to fight back. The • After World War II, Germany was split in half; the
British Air Force began to bomb Germany, taking the western half was controlled by the Western Allies
war to German soil. The Allies also took control of and the eastern half by the Soviet Union.
northern Africa and then launched an attack on Italy • Adolf Hitler committed suicide in a bunker on
forcing southern Italy to surrender. At the same time, April 30, 1945 when he realized that Germany
the Russians defeated the German army on the would lose the war.
Eastern Front and started to push them back towards • Around 200,000 US soldiers lost their lives in
Germany. battle in World War II in Europe.
End of World War II in Europe • United States General Dwight D. Eisenhower was
On June 6, 1944 the Allies attacked the Germans on Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in
the Western Front. This day is often called D-Day or Europe. At one point he was in charge of over 5
the Invasion of Normandy. The Allies defeated the million soldiers.
Germans and pushed them out of France. Germany • The war in the Eastern Front was called the
then counterattacked and a great battle, called the Great Patriotic War by the people in the Soviet
Battle of the Bulge, was fought. Hundreds of
thousands of US troops held the Germans back and
the German army was finally defeated.
Dua e Sehar On May 7, 1945 Germany surrendered to the Western
Allies. The next day the Allies celebrated victory. May
8th is called V-E day or "Victory in Europe" day. 35
