Chapter notes

Casablanca Conference- conference between Roosevelt and Churchill in Casablanca, morocco, agreed to step up bombings on Germany 

Strategic bombing- between 1943-1945 allies dropped about 53,000 tons of explosives on Germany every month, caused severe oil shortage and wrecked Germany's railroad system

Dwight D. Eisenhower- general in command over the invasion of Sicily, 

DUKW- an amphibious truck, brought soldiers supplies while in Sicily 

Cassino- a town in Germany with severe terrain, allies surrounded in Anzio 

Anzio- landing point of Allies to avoid difficult terrain, surrounded by Germans 

Tehran- Roosevelt and Churchill met Stalin before invasion of France, led to several agreements between the U.S. and Soviet Union

Overlord- code name for the planned invasion of France, Eisenhower in charge of invasion

Pas de Calais- area of France closest to Britain, Germans anticipated Allies landing here, Allies set up dummy camp and convinced tricked the Germans into thinking they were there

Why did they choose D-Day?- it had to be at night, the ships had to arrive at low tide, required a moonlit night to see where to land, the weather had to be good, only a few days with the perfect conditions

Omaha beach- American assault almost failed to Germans, ended in success, showed fight of Allies

Plan in the Pacific- American plan to defeat Japanese by island hopping until they reached Japan, led to bombings and eventual surrender of Japan

Island Hopping- America's plan to advance through islands in the Pacific until they reached Japan capturing north coast of New Guinea and retaking the Philippines, led to surrender of Japan

Guadalcanal- first invasion of General MacArthur's island hopping campaign, troops captured enough islands to surround main Japanese base

Leyte Gulf- largest naval battle in history, first time Japanese used kamikaze attacks