1. Unit 7 Section 3 War in Europe
U.S. History
Unit 7 Section 3
War in Europe

2. Timeline

3. George Marshall

4. George Marshall Appointed the Army Chief of Staff as WWII began
Planned and equipped the United States Army to ready for war
Coordinated the war effort from Washington D.C., Churchill called him the architect of victory.
George Marshall

5. Dwight D. Eisenhower

6. Dwight D. Eisenhower video
Supreme Commander of the Allied invasion force during the invasion of Nazi-occupied France.
Planned the attack on the five beaches at Normandy that would become D-Day and begin the liberation of Europe.
Later elected President of the United States in 1952
Dwight D. Eisenhower video

7. Omar Bradley

8. Omar Bradley Commander in North Africa and Italy during World War II
Commanded 12th Army group of American forces landing at Omaha beach in Normandy, France
Known as “the Soldier's General”
Omar Bradley

9. George Patton Video Patton Film Clip

10. Colorful and brilliant tank commander and general who led the American 3rd Army.
Also known as “Old Blood and Guts”
Spearheaded the final attack into Germany, freeing vast territory from the Nazis.
George Patton

11. D-Day

12. D-Day

13. D-Day

14. D-Day

15. D-Day

16. D-Day

17. D-Day

18. D-Day

19. June 6, 1944
Also known as Operation Overlord
Allies crossed the English channel and invaded German-held France at beaches of Normandy.
The largest amphibious assault in human history and the turning point in European liberation.
D-Day Video – 40 minutes Saving Private Ryan – opening 3 minutes “safe version”

21. Battle of the Bulge

22. This was a push to the west by the Germans that created a bulge in the lines in December 1944.
This was the last Nazi offensive in the war
Allies began to drive toward Berlin from east (Soviets) and west (USA and Britain)
Battle of the Bulge

23. World War II Interactive Map
The New European Map

24. Liberation of Concentration Camps

25. Liberation of Concentration Camp Video Band of Brothers
The Germans used concentrations camps for forced labor to build war material
Filled these camps with Jews and other unacceptable peoples of society
Later many of these camps became death camps
Americans liberated these camps as they overtook the German positions
Liberation of Concentration Camp Video Band of Brothers

26. Holocaust

27. Holocaust

28. Holocaust

29. Holocaust

30. Holocaust Nazi Germany’s systematic slaughter of European Jews
The Jews were first used as forced labor.
Approximately 6 million Jews were killed in extermination camps
Holocaust

31. Genocide

32. The deliberate annihilation of an entire people or nationality.
Genocide

33. American Heroes

34. Vernon Baker

35. Vernon Baker, a black U.S. soldier who belatedly received the Medal of Honor for his World War II battlefield valor after historians concluded he'd been wrongly denied the military's top award because of his race
Vernon Baker video

36. Audie Murphy

37. During a battle in Germany, at the age of 19, Murphy became the nation's most-decorated soldier, earning an unparalleled 28 medals including the Medal of Honor
From Hunt County, Texas; after his service, he became a Hollywood actor
Audie Murphy

38. Tuskegee Airmen

39. The first African-American military aviators in the United States armed forces
Part of the 332nd Fighter Group, the only operational unit of African-American pilots
Nicknamed "Red Tails“
One of the most successful combat units in the war
Tuskegee Airmen Video

40. Yalta Conference

41. Yalta Conference February 1945
Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin met to discuss post-war Europe.
Agreed to divide Germany into four zones of occupation.
Stalin wanted Germans to pay reparations, but other Allies disagreed.
A “Declaration of Liberated Europe” was signed, but disagreements would lead to Cold War.
Yalta Conference

42. The New European Map Site

43. The death of Hitler April 30, 1945
Hitler and his girlfriend, Eva Braun, committed suicide by biting down on cyanide capsules
There are reports that he also shot himself
The death of Hitler