1. Mr. Deemer Modern US History

2. Nicknamed “Blood and Guts” by soldiers Known for brilliant tactics and aggression Major Victories Sicily Northern France Relief of Bastogne Rhine crossing & southern Germany

3. Known as “the Soldiers General” Given charge of U.S. 1 st Army Europe Key Victories Tunisia Helped lead D-Day Invasion Northern France Forces met Russians at the Elbe River

4. LondonWarsaw

5. HamburgDresden

6. Paris liberated on August 25, 1944 Led by elements of the Free French Army under Charles De Gaulle U.S. Armies led by Patton and Bradley sweep across France to German border Over by New Years?

7. December 16 th 1944 14 German Army Div. 5 Panzer Div. Struck 80,000 Americans in the Ardennes Forest Allies caught off guard

9. Malmedy Massacre: 84 American Soldiers killed Bastogne is held by the 101 st Airborne led be General McAuliffe Response to surrender: “NUTS!” Gen. Patton’s army persevered and relieved them Without Bastogne, the last German offensive stalled and failed

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11. The Americans, British, and others Generals Bradley, Patton, and Montgomery move in from the west. The Russians under Gen. Zhukov move in from the East. Berlin Falls on April 30, 1945

13. Adolf Hitler committed suicide on May 1, 1945 Other Nazi leaders such as Joseph Goebbels, Heinrich Himmler (S.S.) and Hermann Goering commit suicide Other Prominent Nazis would be tried at Nuremburg

14. Churchill Roosevelt Stalin