1. D-Day: Allied Invasion of France

2. Before D-Day The Allies had been fighting in Italy in 1943
Germany had been constructing the Atlantic Wall since 1942
Atlantic Wall was a series of coastal fortifications
Invasion plan called Operation Overlord (Eisenhower led)

5. Invasion Began early June 6th, 1944
20,000 paratroopers landed behind enemy lines
Consisted of 6,000 ships
150,000 men in first wave
Germans think this is a decoy, think invasion will be at Calais

7. Landing zone was split into several different zones
Sword Beach
Juno Beach
Gold Beach
Omaha Beach (2,400 casualties)
Utah Beach

8. http://www. civilization. ca/cwm/newspapers/operations/p_ddaymap_e

12. Results
Allies launch Operation Dragoon, invade France from south (August 15th, 1944)
Assassination attempt on Hitler’s life July 20th, 1944
Allies liberate Paris August 25th

13. Germany is surrounded
Soviets on the east
Americans, British, French on the west
Germany is bombed, low on oil
Hitler orders all men between to join the army