Transcript Map of Operation Overlord

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Thesis:
Operation Overlord led to the Allies gaining a
foothold in France and with the Soviet alliance
it allowed the Allies to attack Germany on both
fronts resulting in a turning point in the Allies
favor on the Western front.
Background
● Allied leaders met and agreed to this plan at the Tehran
Conference in 1943
● Names for the battle: Operation Overlord, D-Day, Normandy
Invasion
● Basically the battle that determined the war.
● German coast was…
o A. Fortified
o B. Very very fortified
o C. VERY VERY VERY FORTIFIED
Even More Background
● D-Day took two years of planning
o Giant rehearsals
● D-Day: June 6, 1944
● Began as Leningrad ended, and after the Axis invasion of Rome.
2 Phases:
1) invasion of France
2) move toward Germany
Preparation
Planning began in Spring of 1943
Original D-Day was set for May 1, 1944
U.S. Army general Dwight D. Eisenhower as the supreme commander of the Allied
Expeditionary Forces
Allied bombing aimed at transportation and communication centers
The Allied air forces cleared the air of the Luftwaffe (German air force) by March
Germans thought Allied assault would be launched across the English Channel at the
Pas de Calais
Dwight D. Eisenhower
British Lieutenant General
Sir Frederick Morgan
Preparation Continued
Operation FortitudeIntent: to make the Germans believe that the Allies would attack at Pas de
Calais.
Dummy tanks, trucks, and tents.
Radio traffic German intelligence would intercept
German double agents
Deception is successful
Operation Neptuneincreased force from 3 to 5 divisions
Pushed back to June 5, 1944
bad weather pushed back to June 6, 1944
German Atlantic Wall
Deception Hindered Atlantic Wall
Adolf Hitler
General Erwin
Rommel
“You are about to embark upon the Great
Crusade, toward which we have striven these
many months. The eyes of the world are upon
you.”
-Eisenhower
Landings
● Utah
o 1st of 2 American beaches; to establish beachhead on Cotenin
Peninsula.
● Omaha
o Omaha beach was the most difficult due to the German 352nd
Division
● Juno
o Seize Carpiquet airport west of Caen to link beaches Gold and Sword
● Gold
o Used to secure a beachhead to capture Arromanches and link to
Omaha.
● Sword
o 3rd British landing zone; closest to Caen.
Map of Operation Overlord
1st Division
4th Division
82nd Airborne
Division
101st
Airborne
Division
50th
Division
3rd
Division
3rd
Division
6th Airborne
Division
“The war will be won or lost on the beaches. The first
24 hours of the invasion will be decisive.”
- Kenneth S. Davis "Overlord: The Allies' Triumph in
Normandy."
Attack: Invasion
❖ Midnight on June 6th, airborne troops parachuted into France to
capture bridges and roads
❖ Paratroopers were scattered but worked to their advantage
❖ By dawn, Allied warships were appearing off Normandy beaches
❖ British and Canadians attacked Gold, Juno, and Sword
❖ U.S attacked Utah and Omaha
➢ Omaha had heavy resistance and 2000 American casualties
❖ Allied planes started bombing beaches to clear a path for ground
troops
❖ 156,000 Allied Troops successfully stormed the beaches
❖ Total of 4000 casualties and thousands more wounded or missing
Attack: Resolution
❖ June 11th, beaches fully secured
➢ 326,000 troops, 50,000 vehicles, and 100,000 tons of equipment
❖ Germans were confused and disorganized
❖ Allies fought their way across Normandy through harsh terrain
❖ By the end of June, Allied troops seized Cherbourg
➢ Landed approximately 850,000 troops and 150,000 vehicles in
Normandy.
❖ By the end of August, 1944, Allies reached Seine River and Paris was
liberated from Germans.
Timeline
Impact
● June 26, 1944: Allies capture French
port of Cherbourg.
● August 25, 1944: Paris was liberated.
● Germans believed Operation
Fortitude, and retreated to Pas de
Calais.
Impact
● Marked beginning of the end for
Hitler’s regime.
● Forced Germans to fight a 2-front
war.
● Opened up Fortress Europe.
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