1. June 6, 1944 D-DAY

2.  General Eisenhower’s Message sent just prior to the Invasion PREVIEW ASSIGNMENT Eisenhower video

3. 1.Who is Eisenhower Addressing? 2.Who is part of the “Allied Expeditionary Force”? 3.Who are the “liberty loving people”? 4.Is Eisenhower confident in the soldiers’ ability to win this battle? 5.How does Eisenhower inspire the soldiers/ what does he say? ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS…

4.  D-Day video D-Day video  Who?  When?  Where?  What?  Why significant? D-DAY VIDEO

5.  American, Canadian, and British troops vs. German forces  Allied Commanders = Eisenhower (US), Bradley (US), Montgomery (British) WHO?

6.  June 6, 1944  Night before paratroopers landed WHEN

7.  Beaches of Normandy in Northern France  (code named: Utah, Omaha, Gold, and Juno) WHERE?

8.  Operation Overlord  Largest land and sea attack in history  5000 ships carrying 100,000 soldiers  175,000 men in total  5,000 ships and landing craft  50,000 vehicles  11,000 airplanes  Paratroopers went behind the lines first  Set up dummy army along the coast across from Calais to trick Hitler into thinking that was where attack was going to be  Ships offshore fired on German defenses before landing  Aircraft provided cover for wave of troops WHAT?

9.  Amphibious land craft helped deliver equipment and soldiers  Germans slow to respond because expected invasion elsewhere (Calais)  Omaha Beach experienced the most causalities  10,000 Allied casualties WHAT?

10.  Allied victory  2 nd Front created in the West  End of August Paris freed  By September France, Luxembourg, and Belgium liberated  Long Term:  Offensive to set up second front in the West was later than what Stalin wanted causing him to distrust the Allies  Since offensive was late Russia would reach Berlin first SIGNIFICANCE/OUTCOME

11.  Directions:  Observe photograph  Quickly write a heading/description for each photograph  Think of who is in the photo, what is being shown, what is happening while the photo is being taken, date, etc.  30 sec for each photo YOU WRITE THE HEADLINES! D-Day Images

12. MAPPING THE D-DAY INVASION

14.  Hitler ordered for completion of Atlantic wall  Concrete bunkers, barbed wire, tank ditches, landmines, fixed gun emplacements, and beach and underwater traps GERMAN DEFENSE