The document summarizes several major turning points in World War II. It discusses the U.S. entry into the war after the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. It describes the war efforts on the home front, including children and women supporting the war industry. It outlines the U.S. lend-lease program that provided military aid to allies like Britain and the Soviet Union. Major battles discussed include D-Day, the invasion of Russia known as Operation Barbarossa, and the Battle of Midway, which was a major naval victory for the U.S. that turned the tide of the war in the Pacific.

1. Turning Points inWorld
War II
By: Ashantel McDowell &
Alysee’ Allen

2. U.S. Entry Into theWar
• Germany attacked Poland on
September 1,1939, starting the war
• The U.S did not enter the war until
after the Japanese bombed the
American fleet in Pearl Harbor,
Hawaii, on December 7, 1941
• World War II lasted for six years

3. War Effort
• The Children saved pennies, collected
scrap metal and food waste
• The children made woolly hats for the
soldiers and refugees
• People had to make extra work
efforts and had to work harder on the
home front
• The women worked in factories, on
buses and trans, and in hospitals
and schools because so many men
were away in the forces

4. The U.S Providing to their Allies
• In December 1940 Great Britain
could not pay for the war
supplies so President Roosevelt
said the U.S would lend them
material and Britain would pay
the U.S back by different means
later. This was known as the
lend lease.
• This let the U.S send and move
things for national defense.
• Aircrafts, tanks, ships, trucks, je
eps, munitions, fuel, food, and
services, were sent out until the
U.S. was strong enough to enter
the war
• Roosevelt planned to use Lend-
Lease to help Great
Britain, China, and the Soviet
Union and used the program to
benefit his country

5. The U.S Providing to their Allies
• First shipment of American
lend-lease food arrives in
Great Britain, 1941
• British women carry U.S. rifles
sent to Britain under the lend-
lease agreement

6. • Operation Barbarossa another name for the
invasion of Russia was based on a massive
attack based on a physical assault
• Three army groups attacked Russia on June
22nd 1941. Army Group north, led by von
Leeb, Army Group Centre, commanded by von
Bock and Army Group South commanded by von
Rundstedt.
• Russia was defended by four army units. Russia
had a large army but the purges had wiped out a
big part of the army’s senior captains.
• Significance- Germany cleaned up 117 army
divisions for the attack all together and Russia
cleaned up 132 army divisions for defense along
with 34 armored divisions.
Why did Germany want to invade Russia?

7. D-Day
• D-day occurred because the allies
needed to get to Germany before the
soviets could capture all of Western
Europe and could turn it into a
massive communist state.
• Americans, British, and Canadians
attacked the beach heads as they
stormed into Normandy to finish of the
last of Hitler’s third strike

8. Battle of Midway
• Battle of Midway- occurred on June 4, 1942
through June 7, 1942
• Between U.S forces and the Imperial
Japanese Navy
• Japan planed to capture the United States
aircraft carriers into a trap It didn't work, like
the Japanese thought the American's would
fall for their trap
• The U.S was able to crack Japan’s code so
the code breakers were able to determine
the date and time of attack
• The U.S. set up an ambush of their own 4
Japanese aircraft carriers were sunk
• Significance- After the battle of midway
Japan's shipbuilding and pilot training
couldn’t keep pace in replacing their losses.
The U.S increased output in both places
Battle of Midway turns the tide

9. Leaders and Generals
Roosevelt Hitler
Churchill
Mussolini Tojo
Stalin

10. How did the Allied civilians respond?
How did German/Japanese civilians respond?
• Churchill and Roosevelt were at war with Germany, coming at them
from the West, and Stalin was at war with Germany, coming from the
East
• Japan and Germany Declare War on the United States

11. Why were the events turning points?
• Battle of Midway-this was the first major Naval victory for the U.S.
• D-Day-it marked 'The start of the end'; D-Day and it led to many
different things.
• Invasion of Russia- it changed the course of World War II in Europe
• U.S. Entry Into the War-

12. Speeches by Leaders and Generals
• Hitler-Order of the Day - 5th June 1940-” Dunkirk has fallen... with it has ended the
greatest battle of world history. Soldiers! My confidence in you knew no bounds. You
have not disappointed me.“
• Churchill - September 1940- "Never in the field of human conflict, has so much, been
owed by so many, to so few!“
• Mussolini - (to Adolf Hitler) 28th October 1940-"Fuhrer, we are on the march! Victorious
Italian troops crossed the Greco-Albanian frontier at dawn today!“
• Stalin-Education is a weapon whose effects depend on who holds it in his hands and at
whom it is aimed.
• Roosevelt-The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
• Tojo- At the Imperial Conference on December 1, it was decided to make war against
England and the United States.

13. Resources
• http://history1900s.about.com/od/worldwarii/a/wwiistarts.htm
• http://www.gwu.edu/~erpapers/teachinger/glossary/world-war-2.cfm
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/world_war2/the_war_effort/
• http://www.pbs.org/behindcloseddoors/in-depth/supplying-allies.html
• http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/operation_barbarossa.htm
• http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/6/newsid_3499000/3499352.stm
• http://www.molossia.org/milacademy/midway.html
• http://nhdbattleofmidway.webs.com/facts.htm