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G.I. More than 16million Americans served in WWII They were called G.I.s which meant “ Government Issue ”. American Diversity. 300,000 Mexican Americans 25,000 Native Americans i.e. “ code talkers ” Nearly 1 million African Americans i.e. Tuskegee Airmen 350,000 women. D-Day. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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G.I.• More than
16million Americans served in WWII
• They were called G.I.s which meant “Government Issue”
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American Diversity• 300,000 Mexican Americans• 25,000 Native Americans i.e. “code talkers”• Nearly 1 million African Americansi.e. Tuskegee Airmen• 350,000 women
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D-Day• D-Day- The invasion of Western Europe • June 6, 1944- 4,600 invasion craft and
warships moved across the English Channel
• 1,000 Royal Air Force bombers bombed German defense at Normandy
• 23,000 airborne parachuted behind enemy lines
• 150,000 Allied troops landed in Normandy, France
• Allies experienced heavy casualties
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Pushing back the Nazis• 1944- Nazis begin to loose
numerous battles• The Nazis are pushed back to the
original German boundaries
• Battle of the Bulge- The German counterattack on the allies that pushed the lines back