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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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