Last Big Battles of the War Europe Operation Overlord D-Day Battle of the Bulge Pacific Lete Gulf Kamikaze Iwo Jima Okinawa

Question #1 Where were the allies kicked off of the European continent? Paris Dunkirk London Normandy Calais

Question #2 Which country is not part of the Allies United States Soviet Union Great Britain France Spain

Question #3 Which country is not part of the Axis Powers Germany Egypt Italy Japan

Question #4 Who was the commander in charge of Operation Torch? Bradley Patton Eisenhower MacArthur

Europe-Operation Overlord Planned invasion of Normandy 3 million US, British, and Canadian troops Some dropped by air, others came by sea D-Day June 6, 1944 Largest air-sea operation in history Utah and Omaha beaches (US) Gold, Juno, and Sword beaches (British)

Europe - D-Day Heavy casualties on beaches, but not as much as planned 70% casualty rate planned 30% actual 1 million troops crossed through Northern France within a month of D-Day

Europe – Post D-Day After D-Day Gens. Bradley and Patton advanced through France By Sept. ’44 France, Luxembourg, and Belgium were free Helped to elect FDR to a fourth term New running mate: Harry Truman

Europe-Battle of the Bulge Allies began to invade Germany Took Aacher in October ’44 Nazis responded by an offensive against the Allies Nazi tanks drove 60 miles into Allied lines Last ditch offensive on the Nazi’s part Lasted 1 month – turned the war

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Europe-Battle of the Bulge Germans lost: 120,000 troops 600 tanks 1,600 planes Could not be replaced Allies continued to push at Germany from both East and West

Europe – Coming to an End Soviets invaded Poland and began freeing Death Camp prisoners FDR didn’t think that he could free the camps and still keep focused on beating Hitler

Question #5 Who was the American commander in the Pacific? A) Eisenhower B) Patton C) Bradley D) MacArthur

Question #6 What phrase is MacArthur famous for? “A date which will live in infamy” “I shall return” “Would you like fries with that?” “No honey, that doesn’t make you look fat”

Question 7 What was MacArthur’s battle strategy? Leapfrogging Total annihilation Surgical strikes Total surrender

Pacific- Back to the Philippines MacArthur continued to the Philippines Returned in ’44 Battle of Lete Gulf Japanese began Kamikaze attacks “divine wind” Suicide missions that crashed planes into ships Sunk 16 ships and damaged 80

Pacific- Back to the Philippines Battle of Lete Gulf lasted 3 days Crippled the Japanese Navy Lost: 3 battleships 4 carriers 13 cruises 500 planes

Pacific-Iwo Jima After Philippines, MacArthur needed Iwo Jima as a bomber base Defended by 27,000 Japanese 6,000 marines died taking Iwo Jima Most lost in the Pacific up to that point

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Pacific-Okinawa April ’45 1,900 Kamikaze attacks Sunk 30 ships Damaged 300 more 5,000 seamen killed US faced stronger opposition than in Iwo Jima 7,600 Americans died 110,000 Japanese died Invasion of Japan could lead to even more dead