1. Chapter 12: D-Day and Allied Advance in Europe

2. Review: Different battle strategies

4. General Dwight D. Eisenhower- Supreme Allied Commander

8. Get ready

10. D-Day Code-named Operation Overlord June 6, 1944
Allies invaded Normandy, France
Goal-allow the Allied troops to gain a foothold in France and Europe
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11. Video clip

13. Breakthrough
By June 11: 326,000 troops, 54,000 vehicles, and over 100,000 tons of supplies to France
By the end of June 1944: Allied forces broke through German defenses completely and captured the port city of Cherbourg. Allied troops flow into France.
Allied troops liberate Paris, France August 1944
American infantry chased the retreating Germans across the rest of France
British, Canadian, and U.S troops pushed the Germans from the west and Soviets pushed from the east.

15. Battle of the Bulge December 16, 1944- January 25, 1945
Final German offensive – hoped to split Allies
Germany attacked Allied forces in Ardennes forest region of France – made “bulge” in line
Bloodiest battle of WWII
80,000 American casualties
Allied forces held and pushed back the Germans

16. Meanwhile in the U.S.
Roosevelt elected to unprecedented 4th term in 1944
“The Big Three” (Roosevelt, Churchill, Stalin) meet at the Yalta Conference to discuss the actions to be taken after the war was over.

18. Continued
Roosevelt died shortly after the conference on April 12, 1945
Harry S. Truman becomes president

19. March to Germany
The Battle of the Bulge leaves German reserves depleted
The Luftwaffe, Germany’s mighty air force, shattered
April 25, 1945 American and Soviet troops shake hands at Torgau in east Germany
April 30, 1945 Hitler commits suicide in Berlin

20. VE Day
May 8, 1945 Germany surrenders unconditionally

21. Important Events in World War II Europe
July-1942-February 1943-Battle of Stalingrad
June D-Day
August 1944-France is liberated
December 1944-January 1945-Battle of the Bulge
February 1945-Yalta Conference
April 1945-Hitler, Mussolini, Roosevelt die (Harry Truman takes over for Roosevelt)
VE Day-May
Fighting Continues in Asia

22. VE (Victory Europe) Day – May 8, 1945

26. Interactive websites – on my home page under homework