chapter 12: d-day and allied advance in europe
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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 - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Chapter 12:D-Day and Allied Advance in Europe
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Review: Different battle strategies
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General Dwight D. Eisenhower- Supreme Allied Commander
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Get ready
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3J_FoO--Z-c
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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
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Video clip
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFQIuF590B4&oref=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DmFQIuF590B4&has_verified=1
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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.
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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
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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.
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Continued
• Roosevelt died shortly after the conference on April 12, 1945
• Harry S. Truman becomes president
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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
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VE Day
• May 8, 1945 Germany surrenders unconditionally
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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
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VE (Victory Europe) Day – May 8, 1945
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• Interactive websites – on my home page under homework