WW II in Europe 1939-1945 (put on timeline)

HITLER’S WWII PARTNERS

THE ALLIED POWERS IN WWII

US Military Leaders Video http://player.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm?guidAssetId=0F793D44-7DEE-4F10-AB6C-8CC3690FE85A&blnFromSearch=1&productcode=US

Dwight Eisenhower American general selected as the Supreme Allied Commander in Europe. In this capacity, Eisenhower had to coordinate the Allied war effort in Western Europe.

Vernon Baker He was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions in World War II. He was the only living black World War II veteran of the seven belatedly awarded the Medal of Honor when it was bestowed upon him by President Clinton in 1997.

Chester Nimitz From Fredericksburg, Texas American admiral in command of all US Naval forces in the Pacific. Nimitz served as the top naval officer in the Pacific for the duration of the war. Led the US attack at the Battle of Midway

D-Day/Battle of Normandy p8

Battle for the beaches Thousands of planes, ships, tanks, landing craft, and 3.5 million troops awaited orders to attack American General Dwight D. Eisenhower planned to strike on the coast of Normandy. General Omar Bradley led American forces at D-Day. To keep Hitler guessing, the Allies set up a huge dummy army with its own headquarters and equipment. They ordered the make-believe army to attack at the French seaport of Calasis Code-named Operation Overlord, the invasion of Normandy was the greatest land and sea attack. The invasion began on June 6, 1944.

At dawn on June 6, British, American, French, and Canadian troops fought their way onto a 60-mile stretch of beach in Normandy. The Germans had dug in with machine guns, rocket launchers, and cannons Among Americans alone, 3,000 soldiers died on the beach that day Despite heavy causalities, the Allies held the beachheads. A month later more than 1 million additional troops had landed and successfully cut through German defenses. The success at Normandy turned the tide of the war in favor of the Allies and led to the liberation of France, Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands

D- Day Video http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/d-day/videos/d-day-invasion-of-normandy

Liberation of the Concentration Camps http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/media_nm.php?ModuleId=10005131&MediaId=7826

Headline News! Summary Headlines summarize the essential information in a story Allowed to use only a few words, headlines force editors to think of a concise way to summarize a lot of information. What is the main idea? What do we know so far? What is the significance of the event, discovery, problem, conflict, etc.? News sites use summaries to give readers the most important information, the “meat” of the article.

HEADLINES Use your notes and readings from book on D-Day(p 606) and the Liberation of the Concentration Camps(p 612) and complete the Newspaper headline and summary sheet for each. - Headline – no more than 4 or 5 words – Summary should be at least 3 sentences -1 summary sentence about who was involved - 1 summary sentence about what happened - 1 summary sentence about why it is significant TURN IN