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The War in Europe
General Eisenhower talking with troops before D-Day
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Axis Occupation, 1942
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Europe & North Africa• Battle of the Atlantic
– Hitler tries to cut off supplies to Britain
– U.S. organizes convoys of cargo ships, with navy support, to get supplies safely across the Atlantic
• The Eastern Front – Hitler invades the Soviet Union in 1941;
• Stopped by cold weather
– Battle of Stalingrad (1942) • Stalingrad was a major industrial center;
• Luftwaffe bomb, city burns, hand-to-hand combat
• Soviets hold out till winter, then counter-attack
• Germans surrender Jan. 1943 – a major turning point in the war
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Naval ships and planes gave support to convoys traveling through the Atlantic.
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Battle of Stalingrad;1942
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Europe & North Africa
• Stalin pressures FDR/Churchill to open a second front in Western Europe– Instead, Allies invade N. Africa led by Gen. Eisenhower
– Afrika Corps, led by Gen. Rommel, surrender May, 1943.
• Italian Campaign (p. 573), read and answer:– Why do you think FDR/Churchill agreed to only accept
unconditional surrender by the Axis powers?
– What happened to Mussolini?
– Describe what happened at “Bloody Anzio.”
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D-Day: The Invasion of Normandy
• In 1943, the Allies began making plans to invade France;• Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower commanded the invasion forces;• The Allies choose to strike on the coast of Normandy, in
northwestern France
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D-Day, cont.• Code Name: Operation Overlord• June 6, 1944 – U.S., British and
Canadian forces storm the beaches of Normandy;
• Troops are met with machine guns, rockets and cannon fire;
• Heavy losses are sustained;– 2,700 American troops lost
• Allies retake Paris within a month– Gen. Patton – led army forces
– Gen. Omar Bradley– led air forces
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Troops Preparing for Launch
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Troops Wading to Shore
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Launching
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German Defenses
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German Defenses, cont.
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German Defenses, cont.
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German Defenses, cont.
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German Canon on Omaha Beach
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Up the Beach
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Point du Hoc Looking Towards Omaha Beach
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The Cost of Freedom
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The American Cemetery in Normandy
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Journal Write
• You are a soldier preparing to launch onto the beaches of Normandy.– What are you thinking?– What have you done to prepare?– What fears do you have as you are about to
launch?