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Europe Operation Overlord D-Day Battle of the Bulge. Pacific Lete Gulf Kamikaze Iwo Jima Okinawa. Last Big Battles of the War. Question #1. Where were the allies kicked off of the European continent? Paris Dunkirk London Normandy Calais. Question #2.
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Europe Operation Overlord D-Day Battle of the Bulge Pacific Lete Gulf Kamikaze Iwo Jima Okinawa Last Big Battles of the War
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