1. Wednesday, March 13th
HW: Read D-Day and answer Discussion questions 1-4.
Aim: Why was D-Day a significant event in World War II?
Do Now: As the Battle of Stalingrad raged in 1943, Stalin urged the British and Americans to invade France. Why do you think Stalin wanted the Allies to invade France?

2. Allies attacked Italy in 1943.
surrendered.

4. D-Day (turning point) June 6th 1944
Marked beginning of the invasion of Nazi France.
Approximately 156,000 Allied troops invaded France.
Hitler forced to fight a two-front war.
Allies victorious and force Germans to retreat eastward.

5. By 1944, the Allies liberated France, Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands.

6. SUMMARY
Answer the Aim: Why was D-Day a significant event in World War II?