WWII

 Countries invaded by Germany during World War 2:  Poland (1939)  Denmark (1940)  Norway (1940)  Belgium (1940)  The Netherlands (aka Holland)  Luxembourg (1940)  France (1940)  Greece (1941)  Yugoslavia (Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia)  Soviet Union (Russia - part only, Ukraine, Belarus, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia)  Egypt (- part only) 1942

 1940  Hitler bombs Belgium, Norway, France and Luxemburg  Germany occupies France  Battle of Britain  -Germans bomb Britain  -Britain held ground  Blitzkrieg!

 June 22, 1941  3 million German troops  Largest invasion the world had seen  German had 2 fronts:  -Western and Eastern  Took resources away from Western Front

 Congress Approves:  -Lend Lease Act of 1941  -lend resources to Allies  -$50 billion worth of goods  Peacetime Draft  -Call upon soldiers  -War is inevitable  Franklin D. Roosevelt  -New Deal  -War is good for economy

 Allies invade Sicily (1943)  Month long battle against Axis Powers  Allies force Germans out  Italians imprison Mussolini  -Italians celebrate his death  Italy joins the Allies

 Germany took over France  The Allies had managed to slow Germany down  Allies began gathering in Britain  -Large amount of supplies  Increased Air strikes in German territory  -Over 1,000 bombers a day  General Eisenhower is in charge

 Germany knew Allies were going to attack  -Due to:  increased airstrikes  forces in Britain  They didn’t know where  Allies fooled Germans into thinking invasion would be North of Normandy

 D-Day invasion was planned for months  -bad weather  - low visibility  -strong tides  Slowed Allies  -But Germany didn’t think they would attack

 1 st wave: Paratroopers at night  Bombing from Air on German posts  Sabotage:  -Communication  -Railways  The Largest Amphibious Invasion in History

 1 st wave of landing craft at 6:30 AM  Soldiers faced furious fire instantly  Beach:  -Obstacles  -Mines  -Barbed Wire  -German bunkers w/ guns

 156,000 Allied soldiers involved  34,000 men landed on Omaha Beach  -10,000 killed on 1 st day  U.S. loses 6,000 men on the beach  “Bloody Omaha”

 850,000 Allied troops by the end of the month.  Pushed the Germans out of France  The Beginning of the End for Germany

1. The Allies used ____________ to fool the Germans of the whereabouts of their attack. 2. When did D-Day take place? 3. Where did the invasion take place? 4. D-Day is the largest ____________ invasion ever. 5. The Americans landed on which beach at Normandy? 6. Give an example of obstacles troops faced on the beach. 7. Why was D-Day significant? 8. How many troops stormed the beach? 9. What was the American death toll?