Discussion Point Why was the Battle of Stalingrad a critical turning point in World War II?

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Discussion Point Why was the Battle of Stalingrad a critical turning point in World War II?

D-DAY JUNE 6, 1944

Italy begins to crumble Success of Operation Torch leads to invasion of Italy July 1943 Allies invade Sicily –Mussolini falls from power –September Italy surrenders

April 28 th 1945 Mussolini hung

World War II D-Day Mussolini Falls Poland Invasion France Falls Battle of Britain Invasion Soviet Union Operation Torch & Battle of Stalingrad Battle of Midway Pearl Harbor

1944

D-Day When: June 6 th – August 25 th 1944 Code Name: Operation Overlord 1943 begin building troops in Great Britain –3.5 million troops assembled –Thousands of planes, ships, tanks & landing crafts Result: Allied Victory –3,000 Americans die first day

Troops assemble in England Training in England

Normandy General Dwight Eisenhower plans strike on coast of Northwestern France (Normandy) British, French, American & Canadian troops participate –By July 1.5 million troops were in France Began June 5 th with paratroopers & planes

Military Strategy: Paratroopers sent in behind enemy lines night before D-day Storming the Beach

Beaches of Normandy

STORMING THE BEACH!

Results of D-Day By July the Germans were retreating By August 1944 the Allies had liberated Paris! Turning point in European Theater of war –Created a 2-Front War in Europe –Forced Hitler to develop new war strategy The Battle of Stalingrad & D-Day ensure Hitler’s defeat

D-Day Reading Class Discussion

Journal #4 Explain why the Allies were ready to re-take France in June of With Hitler about to fail, what is CRITICAL to ensure a lasting peace? –(what lessons did you learn from the Treaty of Versailles)