operation bodyguard preparation for d-day. wwii review france falls to the nazis 1940 allies take...
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Operation BodyguardPreparation for D-Day
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WWII Review
• France falls to the Nazis 1940
• Allies take North Africa in 1943
• Allies take control of Italy it 1944
• Allies plan invasion of France (D-Day)
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The Invasion of FranceD-Day
• North Africa/Italy taken by the Allies.• Soviets moving toward Germany.• The invasion of France in the works.• U.S/Britain spent 2 years building
forces/supplies for this invasion.• 7,000 ships• 4,000 landing craft• 12,000 aircraft• 3,000,000 soldiers
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The Atlantic Wall
• Hitler knew an invasion was coming.
• Built huge fortifications along the Atlantic coast. 1942-1944
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Pill Box
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Artillery
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Mines
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Barbed Wire
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Operation Bodyguard • Allies could not invade if Germany had
full forces on the beach.• Plan to mislead Germany to think attack
coming from other areas; led by American Gen. George S. Patton
• Patton pretended to be planning the invasion from Britain and deceived German spies about where the invasion would take place.
• Fake radio broadcasts,• Fake Armies, • Fake dead Spy with plans.
“We shall attack and attack until we are exhausted, and then we shall attack again.” Patton
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Operation Bodyguard
• Operation was a success!
• Many Nazi forces not prepared for D-Day.
• Panzer divisions split up.
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Operation Overlord:The Invasion of
France & Europe: June 6, 1944
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Operation Overlord:• Allies open the 2nd front in Europe • Eisenhower made Supreme Allied Commander.• Allied bombers flew constant mission over Germany
Eisenhower speaks with U.S. paratroops of the 502d Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division on the evening of June 5, 1944.
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Operation Overlord:• Allied pre-landing aerial and naval
bombardment of German bunkers
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Operation Overlord: • Jun, 6, 1944, after midnight, Allied dropped paratroopers
behind enemy lines
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Large landing craft convoy crosses the English Channel on June 6, 1944.
Ships ferried 176,000 Allied troops across the English Channel
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Troops in an LCVP landing craft approach Omaha Beach
June 6, 1944.
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Operation Overlord:• British Troops landed on Sword Beach and Gold Beach• Canadian Troops landed on Juno Beach• American Troops landed on Omaha Beach and Utah
Beach
•The beacheads were taken within hours after landing
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Landing supplies at Normandy
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Operation Overlord:
• Two artificial harbors were towed across the English Channel and established at beacheads: Omaha Beach and Gold Beach
• Landed men, vehicles, supplies: 9,000 tons of materiel was landed daily at each harbor.
• Over one million men poured into France during just the first month.
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The build-up of Omaha Beach. Reinforcements of men and equipment moving inland
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Operation Overlord:
• Aug. 25, 1944 Paris was liberated
• Over half a million French resistance fighters helped the Allies liberate France
• Aug. 1944 Allied forces sailed from Italy to invade from the south.
• Within a month, all of France was free
• Attention moves to Germany itself!
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French Resistance:• Helped spread fake intelligence• Sabotage and attack: railroads, roads, communication lines,
barracks. • Stole weapons