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D-DAY

• OPERATION OVERLORD THE ALLIED INVASION OF
  NORTHWESTERN EUROPE
• JUNE, 1944

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PLANNING FOR D-DAY

• LATE 1943-EARLY 44
• ALLIED LEADERS HAVE DECIDED TO BEGIN PREPARATIONS
  FOR AN INVASION OF N.W. EUROPE
• ALLIED LAND, AIR, NAVAL UNITS ARE MOVED TO
  ENGLAND FOR TRAINING
• SO WHAT?
• UNITS ARE WITHDRAWN FROM OTHER OPERATIONAL AREAS
• EX ITALY N. AFRICA
• WHY?
• MANY OF THEM HAVE COMBAT EXPERIENCE AGAINST
  GERMANS
• MANY ARE FAMILIAR W/ AMPHIBIOUS TACTICS
• RESULT?
• MASSIVE TROOP INCREASE IN ENGLAND
• GERMANS ARE ALERTED TO COMING INVASION

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PLANNING FOR D-DAY

• PROBLEM
• GERMANS KNOW ALLIED INVASION WILL BE ACROSS THE
  ENGLISH CHANNEL
• QUESTION? WHERE WILL THE INVASION LAND
• HITLER CONVINCED INVASION WILL BE AT NARROWEST
  POINT ACROSS THE CHANNEL (the Pas de Calais)
• RESULT?
• HITLER WONT ALLOW REINFORCEMENTS MOVED INTO
  NORMANDY
• ANY TROOP MOVEMENT MUST HAVE HIS PERSONAL
  APPROVAL
• RESULT? GERMAN TROOP NUMBERS IN NORMANDY ARE NOT
  AS STRONG AS POSSIBLE

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OPERATION OVERLORD

• JUNE 6, 1944
• GOAL
• ALLIED INVASION OF NORTHERN EUROPE
• MASSIVE AMPHIBIOUS AIRBORNE INVASION
• TO ESTABLISH AN ALLIED BEACHHEAD IN N. FRANCE
• WHO? ALLIES (156,000 TROOPS, 4,000 LANDING
  CRAFT, 6000 SHIPS, 11,000 PLANES)
• U.S.
• U.S. ARMY AIRBORNE, AIR CORPS, INFANTRY,
  RANGERS
• U.S. NAVY
• U.S. COAST GUARD
• BRITS.
• ARMY AIRBORNE, INFANTRY
• R.A.F.
• ROYAL NAVY
• CANADIANS INFANTRY
• FREE FRENCH INFANTRY, NAVY
• WHERE? NORMANDY BEACHES, FRANCE
• GERMANS EXPECTED ATTACK TO ARRIVE IN DIFFERENT
  PART OF FRANCE
• WHY? GEORGE S. PATTON USED AS DECOY

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HITLERs ATLANTIC WALL, 1944
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OPERATION OVERLORD
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U.S. WAR DEPARTMENT PULBIC SERVICE POSTER, 1944
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U.S. ARMY RANGER TRAINING ON CLIFF-SCALING
LADDER,1944
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WWII GERMAN BEACH OBSTACLES, NORMANDY
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U.S. INFANTRY APPROACH OMAHA BEACH, NORMANDYJUNE
6, 1944
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OPERATION OVERLORD

• ATTACK BEGINS
• NIGHT, JUNE 5-6 ALLIED AIRBORNE ASSAULT
• 0600, JUNE 6 ALLIED AMPHIBIOUS ASSAULT ON
  NORMANDY BEACHES
• HEAVY CASUALTIES ON BOTH SIDES OVER 2000 U.S.
  KIA
• EISENHOWER ALMOST CANCELS ATTACK
• ALLIES TAKE BEACHES MOVE INLAND
• AUGUST, 44 ALLIES LIBERATE PARIS
• SEPT. 44 FRANCE, BELGIUM, HOLLAND, LUXEMBOURG
  LIBERATED
• OCT. 44 U.S. ARMY ENTERS GERMANY

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THE FALL OF GERMANY

• LATE 1944 GERMANY IS ON VERGE OF DEFEAT
• WHY?
• RUSSIAN ADVANCE IN EAST
• U.S./BRIT. ADVANCE IN WEST
• MASSIVE GERMAN CASUALTIES
• ALLIED BOMBING CAMPAIGN
• GERMAN ECONOMY RUINED
• DEC., 1944 GERMANS TRY ONE LAST GAMBLE TO WIN
  WAR
• ARMORED / INFANTRY OFFENSIVE IN WEST
• BATTLE OF THE BULGE
• GERMANS LOSE CANT REPLACE LOSSES
• 120,000 KIA/MIA, 600 TANKS, 1600 PLANES
• APRIL, 1945 SOVIETS SEIGE BERLIN
• BATTLE OF BERLIN
• HITLER COMMITS SUICIDE
• UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER
• THIRD REICH HAS ENDED
• MAY 8, 1945 V-E DAY

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V-2 ROCKET LAUNCH SITES
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RED ARMY TROOPS IN STREET FIGHTING, BERLIN,
APRIL, 1945
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ADOLF HITLERs CORPSE, PHOTO TAKEN BY SOVIET
TROOPS, BERLIN, 1945
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U.S. MILITARY NEWSPAPER, STARS AND STRIPES,
HEADLINE, MAY, 1945
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BATTLE OF BERLIN, MAY 1945
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RED ARMY TROOPS CELEBRATE REISCHSTAG FLAG
RAISING, APRIL, 1945
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REICHSTAG FLAG, BERLIN, 1945
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RED ARMY TROOPS ADVANCE TOWARDS REICHSTAG BUILDING
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RED ARMY TROOPS CELEBRATE CAPTURE OF THE
REICHSTAG
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HITLERS BUNKER TODAY