Transcript Ww2ddaytoberlin - My Social Studies Teacher

D-Day to Berlin
Victory in
Europe
June 6, 1944-May 8, 1945
Aim: How did the Allies win victory in
Europe over the Axis powers?
Do Now:
Quiz
You have
5 Minutes
OPERATION OVERLORD
June 6th, 1944
Invasion of mainland of Europe.
It was essential to winning the war
D-Day Landing
at
Omaha Beach
Normandy,
France
June 6th, 1944
U.S. Forces
Also at
Utah Beech
Allies establish a foothold within a few weeks.
1 Million troops / 566,648 tons of supplies /171,532 vehicles in France
Allies push through France and on 8/25/44 Paris Liberated (freed)
U.S. soldiers landing on Omaha
Beach
Going over the top
D-Day
BATTLE OF THE BULGE
• DEC. 1944 - JAN. 1945
• LAST GERMAN
OFFENSIVE
• VITAL SEAPORT:
ANTWERP
• “BULGE” IN LINES
• 100,000 GERMAN
CASULATIES
• 800 tanks lost
• Largest battle in
Western Europe
Battle of the Bulge
• Belgium, France,
Luxemburg
• 12/16/44
• Germans last offensive
• Wanted to reach Antwerp
and force Allies to
negotiate peace
• German Defeat—marks the
end of serious German
resistance
• 81,000 US casualties 1,400
British, 800 tanks
The End of the War in Europe
• By 1945, Soviets surround
Berlin
• Hitler commits suicide
April 30, 1945
• Germany signs an
unconditional surrender on
May 7, 1945
• V-E Day—Victory in
Europe—May 8, 1945
Russians place Hammer
and Sickle Flag on the
Reichstag (German
Legislature)