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Chapter 12: D-Day and Allied Advance in Europe

Chapter 12: D-Day and Allied Advance in Europe. Review: Different battle strategies. General Dwight D. Eisenhower- Supreme Allied Commander. Get ready. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3J_FoO--Z-c. D-Day. Code-named Operation Overlord June 6, 1944 Allies invaded Normandy, France

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Chapter 12: D-Day and Allied Advance in Europe

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  1. Chapter 12:D-Day and Allied Advance in Europe

  2. Review: Different battle strategies

  3. General Dwight D. Eisenhower- Supreme Allied Commander

  4. Get ready • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3J_FoO--Z-c

  5. D-Day • Code-named Operation Overlord • June 6, 1944 • Allies invaded Normandy, France • Goal-allow the Allied troops to gain a foothold in France and Europe • Read article

  6. Video clip • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFQIuF590B4&oref=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DmFQIuF590B4&has_verified=1

  7. Breakthrough • By June 11: 326,000 troops, 54,000 vehicles, and over 100,000 tons of supplies to France • By the end of June 1944: Allied forces broke through German defenses completely and captured the port city of Cherbourg. Allied troops flow into France. • Allied troops liberate Paris, France August 1944 • American infantry chased the retreating Germans across the rest of France • British, Canadian, and U.S troops pushed the Germans from the west and Soviets pushed from the east.

  8. Battle of the Bulge • December 16, 1944- January 25, 1945 • Final German offensive – hoped to split Allies • Germany attacked Allied forces in Ardennes forest region of France – made “bulge” in line • Bloodiest battle of WWII • 80,000 American casualties • Allied forces held and pushed back the Germans

  9. Meanwhile in the U.S. • Roosevelt elected to unprecedented 4th term in 1944 • “The Big Three” (Roosevelt, Churchill, Stalin) meet at the Yalta Conference to discuss the actions to be taken after the war was over.

  10. Continued • Roosevelt died shortly after the conference on April 12, 1945 • Harry S. Truman becomes president

  11. March to Germany • The Battle of the Bulge leaves German reserves depleted • The Luftwaffe, Germany’s mighty air force, shattered • April 25, 1945 American and Soviet troops shake hands at Torgau in east Germany • April 30, 1945 Hitler commits suicide in Berlin

  12. VE Day • May 8, 1945 Germany surrenders unconditionally

  13. Important Events in World War II Europe • July-1942-February 1943-Battle of Stalingrad • June 6-1944-D-Day • August 1944-France is liberated • December 1944-January 1945-Battle of the Bulge • February 1945-Yalta Conference • April 1945-Hitler, Mussolini, Roosevelt die (Harry Truman takes over for Roosevelt) • VE Day-May 8-1945 • Fighting Continues in Asia

  14. VE (Victory Europe) Day – May 8, 1945

  15. Interactive websites – on my home page under homework

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