SOC9/24/13 2nd Blog Post

Josh Gluck
10/22/13

And The Tide Turns!!!

The Allies are taking over. The tide is turning as America bombs Japan. America and Britain advance into Italy to try and take over from the German and Italian troops. “As the Battle of Stalingrad raged, Stalin continued to urge the British and Americans to invade France. However, Roosevelt and Churchill decided to attack Italy first. On July 10, 1943, Allied forces landed on Sicily and captured it from Italian and German troops about a month later.” (book, 941).

The Allies fought in Rome until Germany surrendered in May 1945. D-Day is becoming a success as the Allied powers have liberated France, Belgium, and Luxembourg. “ About three million Allied soldiers approached Berlin from the southwest. Another six million Soviet troops approached from the east.” (book, 945). The Third Reich surrendered shortly after the suicide of Hitler.

Beck, Roger B., Linda Black, Larry S. Krieger, Phillip C. Naylor, and Dahio Ibo Shabaka. McDougal Littell World History: Patterns of Interaction. Evanston, IL: McDougal Littell, 2003. Print.