1. Named “Operation
Overlord”
2. Dwight D.
Eisenhower was
commander of the
Allied Expeditionary
Forces
3. Set up a phantom coordinated effort in
England to invade at Calais
a. Remember they broke the Nazi codes
4. Allied code name, D-Day, began on June 6,
1944
a. 5, 300 ships
b. 13,000 airborne troops to parachute
c. Thousands of seaborne soldiers
5. After 5 days of fighting the allies control about
120 km of shore
Video – Saving Private Ryan• Watch the Video
• The scene takes place at “Utah Beach”
• Utah and Juno were extremely difficult beaches
Video – Band of Brothers• Watch the Video clip
• The USA Airborne Division also accompanied the invasion for added support
Video – Band of Brothers
1. Watch the Video clip
2. The USA Airborne Division also
accompanied the invasion for added
support
Battle of the Bulge1. Hitler orders an all out offensive to stop
the allied “Liberation of Europe”
2. December 16, 1944, the Nazis push the
Americans back creating a bulge in the
front
3. The Americans were determined to
defeat Hitler so they call for 500,000
more troops
4. January 28, 1945 the Nazis are pushed
back
Collapse of the Third Reich
1. 5 million Soviet soldiers attack Hitler from
the eastern front
2. April 25, 1945 the Soviets are outside the
city of Berlin
3. The Allies are Liberating Western Europe
4. Hitler refuses to surrender
5. April 28-29, 1945 Hitler marries Eva
Braun
a. Appoints Admiral Karl Donitz as Head of
State
b. Appoints Josef Goebbels as Chancellor
6. April 30, 1945 Hitler commits suicide
7. May 8, 1945 Donitz gives an
unconditional surrender of the Nazi
forces in Europe
8. This in known as V-E Day
9. The war is over in Europe