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

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

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

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

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

6. 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)

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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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12. 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

13. 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

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

15. 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”

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

17. 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

18. 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

19. 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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22. 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