Slide 1D-DAY Slide 2 Do Now: Hand in your homework from last night. What do you know about D-Day? –Dates? –Place? –People involved? HOMEWORK: D-DAY MAP WORKSHEET Slide…

Slide 1 U.S. Entry into World War II Days after Pearl Harbor, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill arrived at the White House and spent three weeks working out war plans…

Slide 1 France Slide 2 D-Day: The Invasion of Normandy On June 6, 1944 the Allied Forces of Britain, America, Canada, and France attacked German forces on the coast of Normandy,…

Slide 1 Slide 2 D-Day was the largest land-sea-air operation in military history Despite air support, German retaliation was brutal – especially at Omaha Beach Within a…

Slide 1 Modern U.S. History Unit3: World War II Slide 2 After the invasion of D-Day and seven days of fighting, the Allies held an 80-mile strip of France. Within a month…

Unit VIII. World War II Unit VIII. World War II B. Turning Points of War B. Turning Points of War 1. Battle of Britain (1940) a. Hitler wanted to remove the threat of Britain…

Notes 8: The End of War in Europe Modern US History Unit 3 WWII April 19th, 2011 On August 25th, 1944 American and British troops marched into Paris, and liberated it from…

WWII WWII Axis Powers: Germany, Italy, and Japan Allied Powers: Great Britain, USA, Soviet Union, France Axis and Allies Japan controlled the Pacific Ocean Japan controlled…

The End of World War II The War Comes to an End: Allies Invade FRANCE TURNING POINT 1943 Allies build forces in Gr. Britain May 1944- 3.5 mil Allied troops ready Eisenhower,…

FRANCE FREED By September 1944, the Allies had freed France, Belgium and Luxembourg That good news â and the Americanâs peopleâs desire not to âchange horses in midstreamâ…