1. D-Day
June 6, 1944

2. Preview Assignment
General Eisenhower’s Message sent just prior to the Invasion
Eisenhower video

3. Answer these Questions…
Who is Eisenhower Addressing?
What is the goal of the “Allied Expeditionary Force”?
What does Eisenhower mean when he says “the tide of war has turned?”
How does Eisenhower inspire the soldiers/ what does he say?
Is Eisenhower confident in the soldiers’ ability to win this battle?

4. Who? American, Canadian, and British troops vs. German forces
Allied Commanders = Eisenhower (US), Bradley (US), Montgomery (British)

5. When
June 6, 1944
Night before paratroopers landed

6. Where? Beaches of Normandy in Northern France
(code named: Utah, Omaha, Gold, Sword and Juno)

7. German Defense Hitler ordered for completion of Atlantic wall
Concrete bunkers, barbed wire, tank ditches, landmines, fixed gun emplacements, and beach and underwater traps

9. What? Operation Overlord Largest land and sea attack in history
5,000 ships carrying 100,000 soldiers
175,000 men in total
50,000 vehicles
11,000 airplanes
Paratroopers went behind the lines first
Set up dummy army along the coast across from Calais to trick Hitler into thinking that was where attack was going to be
Ships offshore fired on German defenses before landing
Aircraft provided cover for wave of troops

10. What? Amphibious land craft helped deliver equipment and soldiers
Germans slow to respond because expected invasion elsewhere (Calais)
Omaha Beach experienced the most causalities
10,000 Allied casualties

11. SIGNIFICANCE/OUTCOME
Allied victory
2nd Front created in the West
End of August Paris freed
By September France, Luxembourg, and Belgium liberated
Long Term:
Offensive to set up second front in the West was later than what Stalin wanted causing him to distrust the Allies
Since offensive was late, Russia would reach Berlin first

12. Mapping the D-Day Invasion

14. You write the Headlines!
Directions:
Observe photograph
Quickly write a heading/description for each photograph
Think of who is in the photo, what is being shown, what is happening while the photo is being taken, date, etc.
30 sec for each photo
D-Day Images

15. D-Day Video
D-Day video
Who?
When?
Where?
What?
Why significant?