Taught by: Spencer Morrow & Lindsay Golding

1944

Operation

Shingle

Tuesday the 11th : A major attack on Cassino is launched by the allies. (the US, and the British Commonwealth)

Friday the 14th : Russian armies overtake German Army Group North after a two week offensive.

Saturday the 22nd : Amphibious landings at Anzio begin, by midnight. 45 000 troops are ashore . This was known as “Operation Shingle”.

Friday the 28th : German Army Group North is pushed out of the city of Leningrad.

JanuaryThe Big Three

(Stalin, Roosevelt, Churchill)

Friday the 11th : The entire US 142nd division is destroyed.

Thursday the 17th : The allies lose major ground around Anzio.

Sunday the 20th : The beginning of Big Week bombing campaign 3300 sorties flown in 5 days.

February

“Big Week”

Tuesday the 21st : Monte Cassino is finally in allied hands.

March

Polish soldiers in Monte Cassino, Italy

Wednesday the 15th : third offensive to take Cassino launched.

Monday the 3rd : The KMS Tirpitz, one of two German Dreadnought class battleships is attacked by Royal Navy Air Arm and required 3 months of repairs.

April

The KMS Tirpitz

Monday the 1st : A major soviet offensive begins.

Thursday the 11th : A forth offensive at

Cassino begins.

Saturday the 13th : German paratroopers leave Cassino to the allies.

May

CASSINO

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rr-cekyZN04WARNING:

The following clip is a bit graphic. Viewer discretion is advised.

“Operation Overlord”aka

D-Day

Monday the 5th : 6000 allied ships depart Englandbound for the shores of Normandy. While paratroopersare dropped inland to secure bridges and disrupt troop movements.

Tuesday the 6th : D-day landings begin on Juno, Gold, Omaha, Utah, and Sword beaches. By 11 am the British and Canadians had pushed inland and captured their main objective.

June

Operation Bagration

Monday the 19th : Russian partisans (resistance fighters) launch massive attacks on German supply depots and lines of communication these attacks last for days.

Thursday the 22nd : “Operation Bagration”is launched in Belorussia by the Russian Red Army under General Georgi Zhukov althoughit was outshined by D-Day the Russians committed 2.3 million men to destroying the German armies in and around the city of Minsk .

Friday the 30th : German casualties from “Operation Bagration” have reached 200 000.

June Continued… General Georgi Zhukov

Tuesday the 4th : Minsk falls into soviet hands, after the battle sum German casualties have reached 400 000 men.

Tuesday the 11th : The entire German Ninth Army is decimated by soviet forces.

Thursday the 20th : Through “Operation Goodwood” British and Canadian armoured divisions capture Caen from the German defenders.

July

Tuesday the 1st : 30 000 Poles begin the Warsaw uprising forcing Hitler to commit more forces to the city instead of fighting the approaching Soviets.

Sunday the 20th : The Falaise Pocket is closed by the meeting of American and Canadian troops trapping the remaining German armies in Normandy.

Friday the 25th : Paris is liberated by the allies.

Wednesday the 30th : Russian offensive ends with almost all lost territory reclaimed by the Red Army.

AugustThe city of Warsaw: after the uprising…

Operation

Market Garden

Sunday the 17th : “Operation Market Garden” proposed by Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery begins with paratroopers being dropped into Belgium to capture vital bridges.

Monday the 25th : 6000 Allied soldiers taken prisoner and another 1000 are killedas result of “Operation Market Garden” to this point.

September

Operation Market Garden

Tuesday the 3rd : Polish forces are forced to surrender to the Germans after Stalin refuses to aid them ending the Warsaw uprising.

Tuesday the 31st : 250 000 Polish civilians and soldiers are either executed or deported to concentration camps as a result of the

failed uprising.

October

Poles surrendering to German soldiers

Sunday the 12th : The KMS Tirpitz is finally destroyed by the RAF.

November

The wreck of the Tirpitz is broken up by British, Norwegian and German firms.

Saturday the 16th : Germans launch their offensive in

the Ardennes; better known as “The Battle of the Bulge.”

Wednesday the 20th : The 101st airborne division is completely surrounded by the Germans at Bastogne.

Saturday the 23rd : Beginning of 2000 air attacks on the advancing German columns.

December

Monday the 25th : German 2nd Panzer Division is stopped by theallies stalling the advance. They suffer 3500 casualties and 400 vehicles lost to the allies.

Thursday the 28th : Hitler orders a halt of the offences but isn’t willing to retreat leaving his troops tired and exposed.

December Continued…

QUIZ TIME…

1. Name 2 operations that happened during this year.2. Big Week was a ________ campaign. 3. What was the KMS Tirpitz?4. How many offensives happened at Cassino?5. What is another name for “Operation Overlord”?6. When did D-Day happen? (Month & Day)7. What country was General Georgi Zhukov a

commander for?8. On August 30th, the Russian offensive ends with

almost no lost territory reclaimed by the Red Army. True or False?

9. The KMS Tirpitz was destroyed in November. True or False?

10. December 28th : Hitler orders a halt of the offences and retreats. True or False?

1. Operation: Shingle, Overlord, Bagration, Goodwood, or Market Garden.

2. Bombing3. A Boat (Bonus if they said German

Dreadnought)4. 45. D-Day6. June 67. Russia (Bonus if they said USSR or Soviet

Union)8. False9. True10. False

Mark out of 12 with consideration for

possible bonuses

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