Transcript Operation Overlord - Mrs. Parsons Class

By: Emily Klosterman
Mckenzie Gonzales
Celine Yee
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* Operation Overlord was the code
name for the Battle of Normandy
* code-name given to the Allied invasion
of France
* Operation Overlord is also referred
to as D-Day
* D-Day began on June 6, 1944
* planned for June 5, 1944 but had
to delay due to the weather
o Forces landed on five
beaches along a 50-mile
stretch of the heavily
fortified coast of
France’s Normandy
region
o The amphibious
invasions began at 6:30
a.m.
156,000 American, British and Canadian forces landed on five
beaches along a 50-mile stretch of the heavily fortified coast
of France’s Normandy region
* Gen. Dwight Eisenhower
* Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Forces
* Gave the go-ahead for massive invasion of Europe (D-Day)
* Trafford Leigh Mallory
* British Air Marshal
* Knighted in 1943
* Commanded the Allied air forces in the Normandy invasions
* Appointed head of Allied air forces in Southeast Asia
* Bernard Montgomery
* British field marshal
* Commanded south eastern section of Europe in anticipation of
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German invasion
* Commanded all ground forces in initial attacks
Arthur Tedder
* British Air Marshal
* Marshal of the Royal Air Force
* Commanded the Allied forces in the skies during Operation Overlord
* Personally supervised the operation
Bertram Ramsey
* Vice Admiral in the Royal Navy
* Appointed Allied Naval Commander
* First of the service commanders to begin working on plans for
Operation Overlord
* Gerd von
Rundstedt
* German field
marshal
* Held commands
on both eastern
and western
fronts
* Erwin Rommel
* One of the most
popular German
generals during
WWII
* In charge of
defense of
Normandy
* July 1944 –
Suspected of
plotting to kill
Hitler,
committed
suicide
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* United States
* United Kingdom
* Canada
* France
* Poland
* Australia
* Belgium
* Czechoslovakia
* Greece
* Luxembourg
* Free Dutch Forces
* New Zealand
* Norway
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Before D-Day
* After the start of WWII, in
1944, Germany invaded and
now occupied northwestern
France
* the Allies conducted a largescale deception campaign
designed to mislead the
Germans about the intended
invasion target
* The Americans entered the
war in December 1941
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* In 1942, America and the British originated the idea of a major
Allied invasion across the English Channel
* The next year, the Allies officially planned the cross-Channel
invasion
* And the following year in November, Adolf Hitler became aware
of the threat to invade along France’s coastal reigns, but he was
unware on exact location
January 1944-General Dwight Eisenhower was appointed
commander of Operation Overlord
* Months and weeks before D-Day, the Allies carried out a massive
deception operation intended to make the Germans think the
main invasion target was Pas-de-Calais rather than Normandy.
* The allies led the Germans to believe that Norway and other
locations were also potential invasion targets.
* Thousands of paratroopers and glider troops were on
the ground behind enemy lines, securing bridges and
exit roads.
* COSSAC (Chief of Staff to Supreme Allied Commander)
* Used 2 airborne brigades to protect the flanks of 3
landings
* 6,000 ships were needed for D-day
* Planned to move over 100,000 men and almost
13,000 vehicle thousands of paratroopers and glider
troops were on the ground behind
* U.S. forces faced heavy resistance at Omaha Beach,
where there were over 2,000 American casualties.
* Less than a week later, on June 11, the beaches were
fully secured and over 326,000 troops, more than
50,000 vehicles and some 100,000 tons of equipment
had landed at Normandy.
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* The Germans suffered from confusion in the ranks because of the
absence of commander Rommel, who was away on leave.
* He refused to release nearby divisions to join the counterattack,
therefore calling reinforcements, creating delays.
* Germans were hampered by effective Allied air support, which
took out many key bridges and forced the Germans to take long
detours, as well as efficient Allied naval support, which helped
protect advancing Allied troops.
* Within the weeks, Allies fought their way across the Normandy
against German resistance.
* By the end of June, the Allies had seized the vital port of
Cherbourg, landed approximately 850,000 men and 150,000 vehicles
in Normandy, and were poised to continue their march across
France.
Many tactics were used to carry out the deception,
including fake equipment; a phantom army commanded by
George Patton and supposedly based in England, across
from Pas-de-Calais; double agents; and fraudulent radio
transmissions
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* Signaled the beginning of the end of World War II
* First stage in liberation of Western Europe and a major step
toward the defeat of Nazi Germany
* By late August 1944, all of northern France had been liberated,
and by the following spring the Allies had defeated the German
army.
* By day’s end, approximately 156,000 Allied troops had
successfully stormed Normandy’s beaches. According to some
estimates, more than 4,000 Allied troops lost their lives in the
D-Day invasion, with thousands more wounded or missing.
* The Allied forces then prepared to enter Germany, where they
would meet up with Soviet troops moving in from the east.
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*Before Operation Overlord, allied attacks against
Germany were unlikely
*Represented first threat to Germany’s control of
Western Europe
*2nd Major front against Germany
*Convinced Russia to remain in the war
*Before D-Day, Russia felt they were fighting alone
against Germany
*Countered Russia’s growing Communist influence
*It was clear Germany would lose, so:
* Russia would leave the war and sign a peace treaty with
Germany, leaving Britain and America to fight alone.
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* Not only the Germans, but Hitler was also greatly affected
* Prevented Hitler from sending troops from France to build up
his Eastern Front against the advancing Soviets
* D-Day forced the Germans to fight a two front war again just
as they had in WWI.
* The Germans could not handle war on both sides of them.
* On June 26th, 1944 the Allies captured the French port of
Cherbourg.
* After that day, the Germans began to retreat.
* 1944, Paris had been liberated
* May 8, 1945, the Allies formally accepted the unconditional
surrender of Nazi Germany. Hitler had committed suicide a
week earlier, on April 30.
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Name two ideas that
made this battle
important.
*Before Operation Overlord, allied attacks
against Germany were unlikely
*Represented first threat to Germany’s
control of Western Europe
*2nd Major front against Germany
*Convinced Russia to remain in the war
*Before D-Day, Russia felt they were fighting
alone against Germany
*Countered Russia’s growing Communist
influence
*It was clear Germany would lose, so:
* Russia would leave the war and sign a peace
treaty with Germany, leaving Britain and America
to fight alone.
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True or False? Was Hitler
aware there was going
to be an invasion in
France?
True
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What day did D-Day
began?
June 6, 1944
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Name five countries
that were part of the
Allied forces.
United States
United Kingdom
Canada
France
Poland
Australia
Belgium
Czechoslovakia
Greece
Luxembourg
Free Dutch Forces
New Zealand
Norway
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What are two other
names for Operation
Overlord?
1.Battle of Normandy
2.D-Day
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Bonus Question: Who said
this quote, "Although the
initial assault may not have
been in your own country,
the hour of your liberation is
approaching”?
Gen. Dwight Eisenhower
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What country did the
invasion take place?
France
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What year was Paris
liberated?
1944
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How many ships were
sent out from the allies
on D-Day?
6,000
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True or False? All tactics
used to carry out the
operation used real
equipment.
False
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By when was all of
northern France
liberated?
August, 1944
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Name two things that
made this battle
important to WWII.
Not only the Germans, but Hitler himself, was greatly
affected
Prevented Hitler from sending troops from France to build
up his Eastern Front against the advancing Soviets
D-Day forced the Germans to fight a two front war again
just as they had in WWI.
The Germans could not handle war on both sides of them.
On June 26th, 1944 the Allies captured the French port of
Cherbourg.
After that day, the Germans began to retreat.
1944, Paris had been liberated
May 8, 1945, the Allies formally accepted the
unconditional surrender of Nazi Germany. Hitler had
committed suicide a week earlier, on April 30.
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Who was the
commander of the
Allied forces?
Gen. Dwight Eisenhower
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Where did the Allies try
to deceive Germany into
thinking the invasion
would take place?
Pas-de-Calais, France
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When did the
Americans enter the
War?
December 1941