june 6, 1944 “operation overlord”. map of the english channel showing routes for the invasion
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June 6, 1944
“Operation Overlord”
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Map of the English Channel showing routes for the invasion.
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American, British, and Canadian troops executed the D-Day landing. These countries landing on specific Normandy beaches. They nicknamed the beaches in order to protect the specific landing sites from the Germans. These beaches are still often referred to as their wartime codename.
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Normandy is located in France and was the location of the D-Day invasion. France had been under German control for 4 long years.
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The Germans were very aware that the Allies were coming. They prepared the beaches with obstacles that would make landing difficult. There were land mines, hedgehogs, Belgian Gates, barbed wire, etc.
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The Germans also build huge trenches and ditches that would were flood planes. These would keep the Allies from accessing the German front easily.
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German Preparations
• The commander of the Germans was Erwin Rommel also known as “Desert Fox” – remember his role in Africa
• The Germans thought the Allies would attack at high tide Why?
• http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1200/is_n23_v145/ai_16073572
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• The Germans thought
the Allies would attack
on the Atlantic Wall which
was a HUGE defensive
line built by the Germans.
The Atlantic Wall faced
the country of Great Britain.
Atlantic Wall
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The Germans built bunkers on the side of mountain side.
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They watched day and night for the Allies to cross the English Channel with their war ships and weapons.
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Allied Preparation video
* The codename for the D-Day invasion was Operation Overlord* The landing took place on the beaches of Normandy* The Allies approached the beaches at low tide before dawn
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* The Allies pulled out all the stops, attacking the Germans from the air, water, and eventually ground.
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The Allies loaded planes, blimps, boats, and huge warships with supplies, ammunition, and weapons.
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Paratroopers were a very important part of the D-Day invasion.
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Some planes did not make it to their destination.
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British shipyard with ships full of goods and supplies that will be transported to Normandy.
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Zeplins or blimps were also used to cross the English Channel. These were launched from warships. The zeplins or blimps carried supplies and goods to be dropped on the beaches.
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Some soldiers got sea sick or collapsed from exhaustion from swimming before making it to shore. Soldiers took huge risk in helping them up on the beach.
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Wounded soldiers that were being tended to by medics.
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End Result
• Within a few weeks, the Allies had landed a million troops in France.
• From Normandy the Allies pushed across France. On August 25, 1944 the British and American soldiers marched through joyful crowds and liberated Paris.
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Victory in Europe
• Germany fought for survival on two fronts.– In the east the Soviets pushed the Germans out
of eastern Europe.
– In the west the British and Americans approached the German border.
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Battle of the Bulge
• In mid-December the Germans mounted a last, desperate offensive against the Allies.
• On December 16, 1944, they launched a surprise attack along a 50 mile front in Belgium.
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Battle of the Bulge
* In the Battle of the Bulge, the Germans at first drove troops and artillery deep into a bulge in the Allied lines.
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Battle of the Bulge
• After several weeks of fighting the Allies were able to push the Germans back.
• The battle, which resulted in more than 100,000 casualties, marked the end of serious German resistance.
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Final phase of war in Europe• The final phase of the war in Europe now began• By mid April 1945, the Soviets had surrounded
Berlin (German capital).• Hitler who had spent the final months of the war
in an underground bunker there, realized that the situation was hopeless and committed suicide on April 30.
• Research says that Hitler’s cause of death was suicide caused by gunshot and cyanide poisoning.
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Final phase of the war in Europe
• After Hitler’s death Germany signed and unconditional surrender on May 7, ending the war in Europe.
• The Allies declared May 8 V-E Day for “Victory in Europe”.
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Death of a President• President Roosevelt did not share in the Allied
victory celebration.• In February 1945, he had traveled to Yalta in the
Soviet Union to meet Churchill and Stalin. • After returning home Roosevelt had gone to
Warm Springs, Georgia, for a vacation. • He died suddenly on April 12, 1945.• Americans were saddened by the death of the man
who had led them for 12 difficult years.
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Harry S. Truman• Vice President Harry
S. Truman became the next President of the United States and would lead American to the end of the war.