1. USH2 Unit 5: America and the World
Lesson 5.3 part 7

2. EQ
What events forced Germany to unconditionally surrender in 1945?

3. Operation Overlord - SPR

4. PUSHING BACK THE AXIS
AFTER BRITISH AND AMERICAN TROOPS WON VICTORIES OVER THE AXIS IN NORTH AFRICA, ALLIED LEADERS MADE PLANS FOR AN INVASION OF EUROPE.

5. STRIKING GERMANY AND ITALY
IN JANUARY 1943, FDR AND CHURCHILL MET AT THE CASABLANCA CONFERENCE IN MOROCCO
THE TWO LEADERS AGREED TO BEGIN A MASSIVE BOMBING CAMPAIGN OF GERMANY
ALSO AGREED TO ATTACK THE AXIS FORCES IN SICILY
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6. STRATEGIC BOMBING
BETWEEN 1943 AND 1945, THE ALLIES DROPPED 53,000 TONS OF EXPLOSIVES ON GERMANY EVERY MONTH
THE BOMBING CREATED AN OIL SHORTAGE AND DESTROYED THE RAIL SYSTEM AND FACTORIES
GERMAN AIRFORCE COULD NOT REPLACE PLANES LOST = ALLIES GAINED TOTAL CONTROL OF SKIES

7. STRIKING THE “SOFT UNDERBELLY”
GENERAL EISENHOWER WAS IN CHARGE OF THE SICILY INVASION.
ITALY’S KING HAD MUSSOLINI ARRESTED, BUT GERMAN TROOPS TOOK NORTHERN ITALY
MUSSOLINI WOULD EVENTUALLY BE KILLED BY HIS OWN PEOPLE.
ITALIANS SURRENDER, GERMANY DOES NOT

8. AP WHAT DID FDR AND CHURCHILL AGREE TO AT CASABLANCA?
WHAT WAS THE RESULT OF MASSIVE BOMBING CAMPAIGN OVER GERMANY?
WHAT WAS THE RESULT OF THE ITALIAN CAMPAIGN?

9. THE TEHRAN CONFERENCE
FDR AND CHURCHILL MET WITH STALIN IN LATE THEY REACHED SEVERAL AGREEMENTS:
GERMANY WOULD BE DIVIDED AFTER WAR
STALIN AGREED TO ATTACK GERMANY FROM EAST ONCE ALLIES LAND IN FRANCE
STALIN ALSO PROMISED TO HELP DEFEAT JAPAN AFTER GERMANY SURRENDERS

10. AP
WHAT DID FDR AND CHURCHILL AGREE TO AT TEHRAN?

11. LANDING IN FRANCE INVASION OF FRANCE KNOWN AS “OPERATION OVERLORD”
FDR SELECTED GENERAL EISENHOWER TO COMMAND THE INVASION
HITLER FORTIFIED COAST OF FRANCE IN ANTICIPATION
THE GERMANS WERE CONVINCED ALLIES WOULD LAND IN PAS-DE-CALAIS
TO FUEL THIS MISCONCEPTION, THE ALLIES PLACED A “DUMMY INVASION FORCE” NEAR THIS SECTOR

12. LANDING IN FRANCE - CONTINUED
THEY ACTUALLY PLANNED TO LAND ON 5 BEACHES IN NORMANDY KNOWN AS “UTAH, OMAHA, GOLD, SWORD, AND JUNO”

13. D-DAY BY THE SPRING OF 1944, THE ALLIES WERE READY FOR THE INVASION
INVASION BEGAN JUNE 6, 1944 = D-DAY
GERMAN RESISTANCE AT OMAHA BEACH WAS INTENSE Saving Private Ryan

14. AP WHO DID FDR CHOOSE TO COMMAND OPERATION OVERLORD?
WHERE DID THE GERMANS BELIEVE THE ALLIES WOULD MOST LIKELY LAND IN REGARD TO THE INVASION OF EUROPE?
WHERE DID THE ALLIES LAND?
WHICH BEACH SUFFERED THE MOST CASUALTIES?
WHY WAS D-DAY SUCCESS SO VITAL TO ALLIED VICTORY?

15. Band of Brothers
Day of Days

16. Learning Log WHAT DID FDR AND CHURCHILL AGREE TO AT CASABLANCA?
WHAT WAS THE RESULT OF MASSIVE BOMBING CAMPAIGN OVER GERMANY?
WHAT WAS THE RESULT OF THE ITALIAN CAMPAIGN?
WHO DID FDR CHOOSE TO COMMAND OPERATION OVERLORD?
WHERE DID THE GERMANS BELIEVE THE ALLIES WOULD MOST LIKELY LAND IN REGARD TO THE INVASION OF EUROPE?
WHERE DID THE ALLIES LAND?
WHICH BEACH SUFFERED THE MOST CASUALTIES?
WHY WAS D-DAY SUCCESS SO VITAL TO ALLIED VICTORY?