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World War II
D-Day
By: Bernard Moussad &
Kaylee Rickard
Mr. Taylor – 1st Block
Cause of the Normandy Invasion
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Winston Churchill was convinced that the only way to defeat Germany was
on French soil.
Joseph Stalin demanded that the Allies open up a front in the west.
In 1944, Churchill, F.D.R, and Stalin finally agreed to take action.
They met in the Iranian capital of Tehran to discuss how they would halt the
procession of German forces in France.
Allied armies were to invade an occupied France and launch a major
offensive to bring down Hitler’s armies.
Where It All Began
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The initial invasion started on the
morning of Tuesday, June 6,
1944.
It took place in the Normandy
region of France.
All of the ships and airplanes that
were used in this battle were
stationed along the 50-mile
stretch of beaches located there.
These troops were each assigned
to one of the five beaches on
Normandy as seen on the
diagram at the right.
More than 5,000 Ships and
13,000 aircraft were on the side
of the Allies at the D-Day
invasion.
Leaders of the Battle
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The most well known leader of DDay was this country’s 34th
president, Dwight D. Eisenhower.
He was given the title Supreme
Commander of the Allied
Expeditionary Forces.
Now that he was in charge, he had
to decide when to do the attack.
It had been postponed before
because of inclement weather and it
seemed as if the same thing would
cause them to postpone it again.
Eisenhower wouldn’t allow it and
decided that on June 6, 1944, they
would launch their invasion on
Normandy.
Leaders (cont.)
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Another leader of D-Day was General
George Patton, also known as “Old
Blood and Guts”.
He didn’t exactly lead an army, but he did
play a big part in D-Day.
His job was to cover up the Allied Army
and disguise the destination of the
invasion.
Patton was to head the Third Army, which
was still in the United States, and the
First United States Army Group, a fake
army built to fool the Germans.
He was chosen because the Germans
knew that Eisenhower would pick his
best general to lead the Allied forces at
D-Day and they believed that to be
Patton.
Fake tanks, artillery pieces, trucks, jeeps,
planes, and ships were what made up
Patton’s army.
Leaders cont.
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General Omar Bradley was the most
senior commander of American ground
troops in Europe from the time of DDay to the German surrender.
Between 1918 and 1941, he served at
a number of military establishments
including Forts Benning and
Leavenworth.
He was hand-picked by General
Dwight Eisenhower to command the
First U.S. Army during the invasion
He was recognized as an affective and
efficient leader.
Under Bradley's direction, American
forces freed Paris.
Video of D-Day
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The following video
features events of D-Day.
It also tells of the five
beaches at Normandy
that the U.S., Canada,
and Great Britain landed
on.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPU4p7UQO
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The German Offensive
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The first reports of Allied paratroopers landings in Normandy
began to reach General Gerd von Rundstedt’s headquarters on
the morning of June 6.
He stated, “We are not confronted by a major operation”, and
decided not to awake Hitler.
At the time the Third Reich’s best troops were tied up in either
Russia or Italy.
This left Normandy to be defended by volunteers, in order to be
released from POW camps, and medically unfit personnel who
had been taken from front lines elsewhere.
No one had a sufficiently complete picture of events to believe
that this was much more than a small-scale raid.
The Impact of D-Day
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D-Day impacted the progress of the Allied powers in preventing the
German take-over of some parts of France.
It was the beginning of the end for the Germans, changing the whole
face of the war.
D- Day led to many more victories for the Allied forces, which led to
the defeat of the Axis powers.
After this invasion, Allied troops were able to take Cherbourg, the
last of the deep-sea ports, in which they could easily get military
supplies to troops.
Other invasions include the takeover of Caen, a city in France
occupied by German forces, and St.-Lo would fall to the Allies on
July 19, 1944, under the command of General Bradley.
Works Cited
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http://france-for-visitors.com/france-maps/normandy/invasion-beachesfrance-map.html
http://www.army.mil/d-day
http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/dwight_eisenhower.htm
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/general-dwight-d-eisenhowerlaunches-operation-overlord
http://www.generalpatton.org/D-Day/Patton_Dday.htm
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http://www.ww2shots.com/gallery/d/1190-1/D-Day+000+_2_-ww2shots.jpg
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http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/omar_bradley.htm
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http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/dday/peopleevents/p_bradley.html
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http://www.dday-overlord.com/eng/causes_landing.htm
Editors of Time. D-Day 24 Hours That Saved the World. New York: Time
Books, 2004. Print.
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