1. June 6, 1944

2. VIDEO LINK http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCEF Ox5Hc2Y

3. ALLIED INVASION ROUTES

4. REVIEW OF PRIOR KNOWLEDGE Started on 1939 Germany Allied itself with Italy and Japan. Germany and Italy have gained control of most of Europe while Japan has done the same on Asia. The Allies have already begun the invasion of Italy-controlled North Africa and Italy itself.

5. REVIEW OF PRIOR KNOWLEDGE France was conquered by Germany leaving Britain by itself against Germany. Germany and Italy decide to not invade mountainous Switzerland. Japan attacks Pearl Harbor and the U.S. joins the war. The Nazis, with their leader Adolf Hitler, have begun exterminating Jews and other minorities.

6. PREPARATION FOR D-DAY The Allies name Dwight D. Eisenhower as Commander of all Allied forces. Brought most of their forces into Britain. The British use their program “Double Cross” to turn over German spies and feed Germany false information. Winston Churchill Dwight D. Eisenhower Joseph Stalin

7. PREPARATION FOR D-DAY Use of pictures of fake armies, trucks, and machinery were used to hide the Allies invasion destinations. Bad weather almost caused General Eisenhower to postpone D-day

8. INVASION Allied forces invade Germany controlled France on June 6, 1944. Attack five different location sites simultaneously. (Beaches of Normandy) False information given to Germany causes landing sites to be lightly guarded. Largest military invasion in all of history.

9. INVASION Germany after World War 2 Germany after World War 2 Paris liberated on the 19 th of August. France was liberated on the 25 th of August, 1944. D-Day is often called the beginning of the end of the war.

10. EFFECTS OF D-DAY Stopped the extermination of Jews and other minority groups. Germany forced to surrender on May 7 th 1945. Fall of Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy.

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