Transcript The Allied Victory

The Allied Victory
How do the Allies defeat the Axis Powers?
D-Day: Invasion of Normandy (European War)
Eisenhower is named Allied Supreme Commander in Europe
June 6 1944: Allies launch an invasion of the beaches in N. France
150K allied troops land: 2700 killed on first day (D-Day)
July-Aug: one million more Allied troops arrive – Germany retreating
Great Britain
Aug 25: Allied Army liberates Paris. De Gaulle & France are back!
Allied army pushes Germany back to Belgium
Soviet army slowly pushing from east,
liberating concentration camps
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D-Day
Battle of the Bulge
•Dec 1944: last ditch attempt, Hitler decides to counterattack in the west
•Battle of the Bulge:Germans break weak American line at Ardennes
•VQ1:Describe secret German plan? VQ2:2 reasons why Germans lose
•Jan 1945:Allied troops win Battle of Bulge, Apr 45: FDR dies in America
Feb-Apr 1945: Allied planes bombing cities, 25K killed in Dresden
Late April: Allied troops cross the Rhine, Soviet troops enter Berlin
April 30: Hitler and his closest associates are in his private bunker
After marrying his girlfriend Eva Braun, Hitler & Braun commit suicide
Propaganda minister Goebbels & SS Chief Himmler commit suicide
Suicide
Suicide
Suicide
•May 7, 1945: Germany unconditionally surrenders to Eisenhower (VE)
•Nuremberg trials held to determine guilt of those Nazis captured
The Pacific War
Allies & Chinese Army (Mao & Chiang) liberate Korea & China –
Japan now using Kamikaze pilots to defend remaining territory
March 1945: After a month of bitter fighting, Allies take Iwo Jima
VQ: How was invasion of Iwo Jima different than D-Day?
Next, Allies take island of Okinawa, 350 miles south of Japan
Okinawa is one of the bloodiest battles of the war: 100K Japanese &
12K Allied troops killed in a month and a half of fighting
Despite the heavy casualties, Japan refuses to surrender. Allies
preparing for a full-scale invasion of Japan
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Iwo Jima
Okinawa