named “operation overlord” · 4. allied code name, d-day, began on june 6, 1944 a. 5, 300 ships...

1. Named “Operation

Overlord”

2. Dwight D.

Eisenhower was

commander of the

Allied Expeditionary

Forces

3. Set up a phantom coordinated effort in

England to invade at Calais

a. Remember they broke the Nazi codes

4. Allied code name, D-Day, began on June 6,

1944

a. 5, 300 ships

b. 13,000 airborne troops to parachute

c. Thousands of seaborne soldiers

5. After 5 days of fighting the allies control about

120 km of shore

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• The scene takes place at “Utah Beach”

• Utah and Juno were extremely difficult beaches

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• The USA Airborne Division also accompanied the invasion for added support

Video – Band of Brothers

1. Watch the Video clip

2. The USA Airborne Division also

accompanied the invasion for added

support

Battle of the Bulge1. Hitler orders an all out offensive to stop

the allied “Liberation of Europe”

2. December 16, 1944, the Nazis push the

Americans back creating a bulge in the

front

3. The Americans were determined to

defeat Hitler so they call for 500,000

more troops

4. January 28, 1945 the Nazis are pushed

back

Collapse of the Third Reich

1. 5 million Soviet soldiers attack Hitler from

the eastern front

2. April 25, 1945 the Soviets are outside the

city of Berlin

3. The Allies are Liberating Western Europe

4. Hitler refuses to surrender

5. April 28-29, 1945 Hitler marries Eva

Braun

a. Appoints Admiral Karl Donitz as Head of

State

b. Appoints Josef Goebbels as Chancellor

6. April 30, 1945 Hitler commits suicide

7. May 8, 1945 Donitz gives an

unconditional surrender of the Nazi

forces in Europe

8. This in known as V-E Day

9. The war is over in Europe