American History ppt.

Shane McGoff

EDU 290 Spring 2011

T/R 11-1215

ALLIED INVASION OF NORMANDY

OPERATION OVERLORD• “D” Day: June 6th, 1944

• “H” Hour: 0630 (GMT +2)

• Code name for the Allied Invasion of German occupied Normandy

LOGISTICS• Largest amphibious invasion in history

• More then 160,000 troops

• Over 5,000 ships

• 24,000 paratroopers

ALLIED COMMANDERS• General Dwight Eisenhower; Supreme Commander Allied Forces

• American General that served as Allied Commander

• One of the main planners of D-Day

• Went on to become 34th President of the United States

• Field Marshall Bernard Law Montgomery

• British General that served as allied ground forces commander

• One of the main planners of D-day

• Celebrated Tank Commander, fought in N. Africa

General Eisenhower speaking with troops of the 101st Airborne before the landings Field Marshall Montgomery

GERMAN COMMANDERS• Generalfelmarschall Gerd von Rundstedt

• Commanded Army Group South during the Russian Campaign

• Commanded forces on the Western Front

• Escaped War Crimes conviction due to poor health

• Field Marshall Erwin Rommel

• “Desert Fox” Famous for command in N. Africa

• Commanded German Forces opposing the channel invasion

• His troops were never accused of war crimes

Gerd von Rundstadt Erwin Rommel

• 24,000 paratroopers dropped behind enemy lines before initial invason

• Operation Tonga

• British 6th Airborne with elements of Canadian, French and Polish paratroopers

• American Landings

• 101st, 82nd Airborne Divisions

• Objective of both landings were to disable German artillery from firing on the landings

AIRBORNE LANDINGS

• British 3rd Infantry Division with support from Free French Forces

• 28,845 soldiers

• Objective was to take the French City of Caen

• Casualties

• At least 680

SWORD

• US 4th Infantry Division

• 32,000 soldiers

• Right Flank of the Allied Assault

• Casualties

• 200

UTAH

• US 1st Infantry Division with elements of the 29th Infantry Division and Army Rangers

• 43,250 soldiers

• Most difficult of all Normandy beach heads

• Casualties

• 3,000

OMAHA

• British 50th Infantry Division

• 24,970 soldiers

• Objectives were to take the towns of Le Hamel and Arromanches

• Casualties

• 400

GOLD

• Canadian 3rd Infantry Division

• 21,400 soldiers

• “The Canadian Beach” Juno was the only beach tasked to Canadian Forces

• Casualties

• 340 Dead

• 739 Wounded

JUNO

RESULTS• Resounding Allied Victory

• Normandy Beach head was secured and troops and equipment were brought in for the inland push

• Paris surrendered by the Germans on August 25 th

• Casualties

• Allied: 10,000

• German: 4,000-9,000

BATTLE OF NORMANDY IN POP CULTURE• The Longest Day 1962

• Starring John Wayne

• Based on the book by Cornelius Ryan

• Saving Private Ryan 1998

• Directed by Steven Spielberg

• Starring Tom Hanks and Matt Damon

• Won an Academy Award

• Band of Brothers 2001

• Directed by Steven Spielberg

• HBO Mini-series based on the book by Stephen Ambrose

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Infantry_waiting_to_move_off_%27Queen_White%27_Beach.jpg

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Utah_Beach_Landing.jpg

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:1944_NormandyLST.jpg

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:50th_division.jpg

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Canadian_Soldiers_Juno_Beach_Town.jpg

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ted_Cane_France.jpg

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Eisenhower_d-day.jpg

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1973-012-43,_Erwin_Rommel.jpg

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1987-047-20,_Gerd_v._Rundstedt.jpg

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bernard_Law_Montgomery.jpg

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Operation_Tonga.jpg

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D-Day#The_landings

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sword_Beach

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utah_Beach

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omaha_Beach

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_beach

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juno_Beach

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normandy_Invasion

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rommel

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Montgomery,_1st_Viscount_Montgomery_of_Alamein

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerd_von_Rundstedt

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Tonga

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_airborne_landings_in_Normandy

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