Discussion Point Why was the Battle of Stalingrad

Discussion Point Why was the Battle of Stalingrad a critical turning point in World War II?

D-DAY JUNE 6, 1944

Italy begins to crumble • Success of Operation Torch leads to invasion of Italy • July 1943 Allies invade Sicily – Mussolini falls from power – September Italy surrenders

April 28 th 1945 Mussolini hung

World War II Battle of Britain Poland Invasion Pearl Harbor Operation Torch & Battle of Stalingrad D-Day <-------------------------> 1939 1940 France Falls 1941 Invasion Soviet Union 1942 1943 Battle of Midway 1944 Mussolini Falls 1945

1944

D-Day • When: June 6 th – August 25 th 1944 • Code Name: Operation Overlord • 1943 begin building troops in Great Britain – 3. 5 million troops assembled – Thousands of planes, ships, tanks & landing crafts • Result: Allied Victory – 3, 000 Americans die first day

Troops assemble in England Training in England

Normandy • General Dwight Eisenhower plans strike on coast of Northwestern France (Normandy) • British, French, American & Canadian troops participate – By July 1. 5 million troops were in France • Began June 5 th with paratroopers & planes

Military Strategy: Storming the Beach Paratroopers sent in behind enemy lines night before D-day

Beaches of Normandy

Beaches of Normandy

STORMING THE BEACH!

Results of D-Day • By July the Germans were retreating • By August 1944 the Allies had liberated Paris! • Turning point in European Theater of war – Created a 2 -Front War in Europe – Forced Hitler to develop new war strategy • The Battle of Stalingrad & D-Day ensure Hitler’s defeat

D-Day Reading • Class Discussion

Journal #4 • Explain why the Allies were ready to re-take France in June of 1944. • With Hitler about to fail, what is CRITICAL to ensure a lasting peace? – (what lessons did you learn from the Treaty of Versailles)