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Chapter 26-27 Click to edit Master subtitle style American History Text
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Washington, D. C. Conference
When- May, 1943 Attendees- FDR (US) and Churchill (UK) Topic of Discussion
Schedule for the cross channel invasion of France set for May 1, 1944 Stepped up activity in the Pacific Theater Increased air raids on Germany
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Quebec Conference
When- August, 1943 Attendees- FDR (US) and Churchill (UK) Topic of Discussion
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Cordell Hull (US) Anthony Eden (UK) Vyacheslav Molotov (USSR) Foo Ping-shueng (ROC)
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Topic of Discussion
Postwar organization
USSR agrees to enter war against Japan after the defeat of Germany Establishment of the European Advisory Commission
Plans were drawn up for the inter-Allied military occupation of Italy after the war
USSR was excluded from this particular discussion 5/11/12because the Brits and US obtained the Italian surrender
Cairo Conference
FDR (US), Churchill (UK), Chiang Kai-Shek (ROC) Stalin refused to attend because of Chiang KaiSheks presence which would violate the SovietJapanese Neutrality Pact of 1941
Topic of Discussion
Postwar Asia
Tehran Conference
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Tehran Conference
Topic of Discussion
Agreement on cross channel invasion of France with international organization Soviet reaffirmation of intent to enter war against Japan after the defeat of Germany
US and Brits reluctantly agreed on condition that Polands territorial losses in the East to Russia would be compensated by the annexation of German territory in 5/11/12 the West (no though of plebiscite for the
Tehran Conference
Soviet dominance of the Balkans was determined by FDRs rejection of Churchills proposal of an Anglo-American landing in the Balkans as a prelude to an offensive into the Danube River Valley The Western Allies were given primacy in Italy, France, the Low Countries, and Scandinavia
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Tehran Conference
The spirit of cooperation began to deteriorate among the Big Three due to the question about the fate of Germany and Poland after the war was over The German Question
Churchill believed that the industrial heartland of Germany should be detached from Germany and that there should be the creation of a Central European Federation FDR and Stalin believed in the complete political dismemberment of Germany with a focus on the economic resources of Germany
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War in France
Midnight- Allied paratroopers land behind enemy lines and begin taking out heavy artillery that fortified the coast 5:30 am- Allied ships begin bombardment of the French coast at Normandy 6:30 am- Allied invasion forces hit the beach at Normandy
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War in France
Hitler prohibited Rommel from using reserve tank corps to aid in the defense of the coast because the Fuhrer believed the main invasion was coming at Calais, France Within one week the Allies had landed 326,000 men, 50,000 vehicles, and 100,000 tons of supplies on the French coast July 1944- Allied forces controlled all of Normandy and Brittany, France
July 1944- US tank commander George Patton drove the Germans back towards Paris 5/11/12 from the west while A. M. Patch drove
War in France
August 1944- French Resistance joined the US and British troops to capture Paris September 1944- Allied forces knocked Germany out of France altogether
Germany was next Russians were pushing into Germany from the east
Market Garden
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Last great German offensive on the western front Launched an invasion into the Ardennes Forest of France Objective was to recapture Antwerp, Belgium and cut the Allied army in two 101st Airborne Infantry held their ground at Bastogne, Belgium and stopped the German attack
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Republican Nominee- Thomas Dewey Relatively close popular vote but a 432 to 99 electoral outcome gave FDR another victory
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