WARM-UP

• What happened to France at the beginning of WWII?

• Who was Dwight D. Eisenhower?

• Why did Stalin want the U.S. and Britain to open a second front in Europe?

The Allied Victory in WWII

General Eisenhower talking with troops before D-Day

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 chose to strike on the coast of Normandy, a region

in northwestern France

D-Day, cont.• Code Name: Operation Overlord• June 6, 1944 - American, British

and Canadian forces storm a 60 stretch of beach in Normandy;

• Troops are met with machine guns, rockets and cannon fire;

• Heavy losses are sustained;– 2,700 American troops lost

• The invasion is successful, and the Allies retake Paris within a month

Troops Preparing for Launch

Troops Wading to Shore

Launching

German Defenses

German Defenses, cont.

German Defenses, cont.

German Defenses, cont.

German Canon on Omaha Beach

Up the Beach

Point du Hoc Looking Towards Omaha Beach

The Cost of Freedom

The American Cemetery in Normandy

V-E Day: Victory in Europe• Battle of the Bulge - Hitler launches a counter-attack

against Allied forces in the West;• Allied forces fight back and close in on Berlin;• April 12, 1945, President Roosevelt dies in office and

Harry Truman becomes the President• By April 25, 1945, the Soviets had surrounded Berlin;• April 29, 1945, Hitler commits suicide;• May 7, 1945, Eisenhower accepts Germany’s

unconditional surrender• May 9, 1945 - Surrender is officially signed, V-E Day

celebrated

Victory in the PacificRead pgs. 511-513 and answer the following questions:

1) What happened at the Battle of Leyte Gulf? Why was this significant?

2) Who were the kamikazes?3) What was the Manhattan Project?4) Where and when were the atomic bombs dropped

on Japan? How many died?5) Why did President Truman decide to use the

atomic bomb on Japan? Do you think he made the right decision?

EXIT SLIP

Please use a separate sheet of paper!

1) What happened on D-Day? Why was D-Day important?

2) What brought about the Japanese surrender? How did this change the world?