Transcript WWII in Western Europe

WWII in Western Europe
Timeline
• Add the following events to your timeline
using pages 780-783 in the American History
textbook
– D-Day
– St. Lô
– Liberation of Paris
– Battle of the Bulge
– Russian Army storms Berlin
– V-E Day
• The Allies take Europe
– D-Day (June 6, 1944)
• US and British troops invade France through Normandy
• Allies tricked the Germans into thinking that the attack
would come at Calais
• Paratroopers were sent behind German lines in the night
• The rest of the
force attacked
by sea in the
morning
• The Allies take Europe
– D-Day (June 6, 1944)
– St. Lô (July 25, 1944)
• By this time the Allies had a million troops at their
beachhead in France
• Massive bombardment at St. Lô broke the German lines and
allowed the allies to
advance into France
• The Allies take Europe
– D-Day (June 6, 1944)
– St. Lô (July 25, 1944)
– Liberation of Paris (August 25, 1944)
• American troops, working with the French Resistance, drove
the Germans out of Paris
• The Allies take
Europe
– D-Day (June 6,
1944)
– St. Lô (July 25,
1944)
– Liberation of
Paris (August 25,
1944)
– Battle of the
Bulge (December
1944 – January
1944)
• Last real attempt by the Germans to win the war
• After the Allies began invading Germany, German troops
launched a massive counterattack
• German troops made large advances, but eventually lost them
(along with 120,000 troops)
• The Allies take Europe
– D-Day (June 6, 1944)
– St. Lô (July 25, 1944)
– Liberation of Paris (August 25, 1944)
– Battle of the Bulge (December 1944 – January 1944)
– Russian Army storms Berlin
(April 25, 1945)
• Soviet troops invaded from
the East and took the German
capital
• Soon after, Adolph Hitler
committed suicide
• The Allies take Europe
– D-Day (June 6, 1944)
– St. Lô (July 25, 1944)
– Liberation of Paris (August 25, 1944)
– Battle of the Bulge (December 1944 – January 1944)
– Russian Army storms Berlin (April 25, 1945)
– V-E Day (May 8,
1945)
• What was left of the
German government
surrendered
unconditionally
• V-E Day = Victory in
Europe Day
Operation Thunderclap
• Complete the handout on Operation
Thunderclap