aka the Battle of Normandy Erika Kumar Will Kimball amp Charles Liu Period 4 Sprague Thesis Operation Overlord was the turning point in World War II the Allies biggest and most significant victory and leading to the eventual defeat of the Nazis Without it the Russians would have f ID: 351756
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Operation Overlordaka the Battle of Normandy
Erika Kumar, Will Kimball, & Charles Liu
Period 4 – SpragueSlide2
Thesis
Operation Overlord was the turning point in World War II, the Allie’s biggest and most significant victory, and leading to the eventual defeat of the Nazis. Without it the Russians would have fallen and the Germans would have taken over, affecting us today.Slide3
Overview
Largest seaborne invasion in
history and the most successful Allied operation of WWII
Objective: take France back from the Germans
Consisted on many smaller operations
Target: Normandy Coast
Americans: Utah and Omaha Beaches
British: Sword and
G
old Beaches
Canadians: Juno BeachSlide4Slide5
Timeline of 1944Slide6
Statistics
The invasion force included 7,000 ships and landing craft manned by over 195,000 naval personnel from eight allied countries.
Almost
133,000 troops from England, Canada and the United States
invaded the first day.
10,300 casualties
from the three countries during the
landing.
By
June 30th, over 850,000 men, 148,000 vehicles, and 570,000 tons of supplies had landed on the Normandy shores.Slide7
Details
The invasion (aka Operation Neptune) was preceded by a night drop of paratroops to secure the flanks and destroy key transportation choke points to prevent Germans reinforcement
Surprise factor was the biggest advantage: an elaborate hoax with dummy tanks and empty camps were set up to mislead the Germans
U.S. and British aircraft worked to isolate the landing areas and soften German defenses
Achieved total air supremacySlide8
A combination of cloudy weather and unplanned combat led to the scattering of the Allied troops
Every unit but one
mislanded
This however ended up further confusing the Germans
The original landing location was heavily guarded and many would have diedSlide9Slide10
Impact
Drew large German forces away from the Eastern front that would otherwise have slowed the Soviet advance
Huge psychological blow for Germany’s military (a repetition of the two-front war of WWI)
Beginning of the end for Hitler and the Nazis
Paris was liberated; France was regained!
Of the two million plus Allied troops in northern France, 206,700 causalities occurred
Roughly 159,000 Germans were lostSlide11
Works Cited
Murray, Kelley. "The Longest Day." Mount Holyoke College,
n.d.
Web. 12 Mar. 2015.
"Operation Overlord Timeline."
World History Project
. The History of the World,
n.d.
Web. 12 Mar. 2015.
Tucker, Spencer C. "Encyclopedia of World War II: A Political, Social, and Military History."
PBS
. ABC-CLIO,
n.d.
Web. 10 Mar. 2015.