1. 4/5/16 Do Now Pages:
Read the Events That Changed the World: D-Day
Answer the Following in Complete sentences:
Which of the Allies suffered the Greatest losses on D-Day?
Why do you think the Allies chose to attack at beaches, rather than established harbors?
Looking at the diagram, what obstacles do you think were the most difficult to overcome in the invasion?

2. 4/6/16-4/7/16 Do Now
Should Civilians (non-Combatants) ever be targeted during wartime? Explain.
Should women and children be off limits as military targets?
Should leaders be punished for civilians that are killed under their leadership?

3. Unit VI, Notes 11: The Allies Turn the Tide

4. ***I. All-Out War U.S and Britain Women help win the war
Increased governmental power
Total war
Restricted rights
Propaganda
Japanese internment camps
Women help win the war
Jobs in factories/ construction
Rosie the Riveter
Served in military auxilery roles

5. ***II. Battle of the Atlantic
1939 – 1945 (Jan – July 1943 were decisive)
German U-Boats were sinking unprotected U.S. and other Allies' merchant ships
Allies began using convoys to protect ships
The Allies also used a sonar system to detect German U-Boats
The Germans were very successful in the beginning, but by mid , the Allies had the upper hand

6. ***III. The Allies Forge Ahead
North Africa
Eisenhower defeats Rommel (May, 1943)
Europe
“Big Three”- Churchill, FDR, Stalin agree to focus on Europe first (Nov, 1943)

7. "The Battle of the Atlantic was the only thing that really
frightened me" - Winston Churchill.

8. ***III. The Allies Forge Ahead cont.
Italy
July 1943, U.S. British forces land in Italy
Italians defeated but fighting continues vs. Germans
Soviet Union
Battle of Stalingrad- July Feb 1943
bitter street by street fighting
Soviets encircled attackers
Huge German losses/battle winter

10. ***IV. The Allies Push Toward Germany
June 6, D-Day- invasion of France (Normandy)
Generals Dwight D. Eisenhower and George Patton influential in leading attack
Round the clock bombing of Germany
During this time, Soviet Union was pushing into Poland and Allies were pushing North in Italy
3 million ally troops to attack

12. Normandy Invasion cont. (don’t need to copy)
D – Day
Ø       60 mile stretch of beach
Ø       156,000 troops
Ø       4,000 landing craft
Ø       600 warships
Ø       11,000 planes
Ø       Largest land-sea-air operation in history
Ø       Omaha beach known as one of the most
brutal areas

16. ***V. Battle of the Bulge- Dec. 1944
September 1944, France was freed from Nazi control
Massive German Counterattack: Germans were winning in the beginning
Last German offensive
120,000 Germans died (also lost 600 tanks and guns and 1,600 planes – leading to defeat)
80,000 Americans died
After, Allied victory was certain

18. Yalta – “The Big 3”

19. ***VI. Yalta Conference
Big Three agreed to divide Germany into 4 occupation zones
Soviets would enter war with Japan in three months
Disagreement on Eastern Europe
Stalin wanted control
FDR, Churchill wanted self-determination
Stalin agreed to free elections

20. *** May 8, 1945: V-E day = Victory in Europe day
At the beginning of his 4th Term, President Franklin D. Roosevelt passes away (April 12, 1945)
-The U.S. went through a major grieving period
-Harry S Truman, as Vice-President, takes the
role as President
May 8, 1945: V-E day = Victory in Europe day
-General Eisenhower accepted a surrender by the Third Reich   

23. The end of Hitler
April 30, 1945 Hitler and Eva Braun commit suicide (gun shot and cyanide)
Bodies burned in street
Cover of Time magazine May 7, 1945