Slide 1In February of 1943, 90,000 German soldiers surrendered to the Russians in Stalingrad. From this point on, the Russians began pushing the Germans westward. During…

Slide 1D-Day Slide 2 Invasion Of Normandy The Invasion of Normandy was the invasion and establishment of Western Allied forces in Normandy, during Operation Overlord in 1944…

Slide 1 Slide 2 Topic overview 1.The planning phase and build-up 2.D Day,the securing of the beachhead and the break-out from Normandy Slide 3 The furthest extent of Hitler’s…

Slide 1Reasons for D-Day General Eisenhower, Supreme Commander of Allied Forces – complete reasons why he decided to reinvade Europe in June 1944.  What would be the…

1. D-Day June 6th, 1944Created by Joe Burton www.burtonshistory.com From U.S. History Power Points 2. Essential Question How did the Allies use of spies and deception lead…

Slide 1 D-Day June 6 th 1944 Slide 2 The Story So Far: It is 1944. The War in Europe has raged for 5 years. America has recently entered the conflict in 1941. It’s troop…

Slide 1 WWII in Europe: 1943 & D-Day Slide 2 Italy & a Second Front July 1943 - Allies invade Sicily, then Italy. –Italy declares war on Germany! Mussolini is overthrown…

Notes 7 D-Day Modern US History Unit 3 WWII April 12th, 2011 By spring of 1944 the Allies were moving north through Italy and the Soviets were moving west into Poland. In…

The War in Europe The War in Europe WWII notes Where do we start? Europe? North Africa? Asia (Pacific)? Hitler was everywhere!! Fronts EUROPE Allies take on Germany Goal:…