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D-Day
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Operation Overlord June 6, 1944: Great Britain and the U.S. invaded Normandy, France The largest naval attack in history 7,000 ships 160,000 soldiers By the end of the month: 850,000 soldiers 148,000 vehicles 570,000 TONS of supplies
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Dwight D. Eisenhower Organized the attack Led the allies to victory
“We will accept nothing less than full victory Eight years later, “Ike” became the 34th president of the U.S.
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Plan of Attack
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As they near the beaches, men pray
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Awaiting arrival
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Beach Obstacles
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Assaulting the beaches
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Coming ashore
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Coming ashore
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Taking cover from German machine guns
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Staying low
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German Defense
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Climbing the sea wall
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German machine gun
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Bombing the beaches
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Bombing the beaches
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Capturing the beaches
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Caring for the wounded
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Taking Prisoners
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Taking Prisoners
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By the end of the Invasion
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Result By the end of the day, the Allies controlled the beaches of Normandy The Allies proceeded to flood France with more than 800,000 soldiers
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The (German) Empire Strikes Back
The Battle of the Bulge: Germany’s final (surprise) assault in France and Belgium After 120,000 German casualties and 80,000 American casualties, Germany was defeated The largest battle fought by American soldiers during WWII
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The Malmedy Massacre During the Battle of the Bulge, 150 American prisoners of war (POWs) who had surrendered were murdered by Nazi’s
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The Battle of the Bulge Hitler never regained the ability to launch and attack on the Allies "This is undoubtedly the greatest American battle of the war and will, I believe, be regarded as an ever-famous American victory." – British Prime Minister Winston Churchill
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Germany Retreats With the success of D-Day, Operation Overlord, and the defensive stand in the Battle of the Bulge, Germany was forced to retreat Within a year, Germany surrendered and Hitler was dead
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