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Operation Overlord
by: Molly Spaniac, Kai Kang, Jonathan Seto, Jacqueline Fernandez
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuVBILmP8F8&app=desktopSlide2
Thesis:
Operation Overlord led to the Allies gaining a foothold in France and with the Soviet alliance it allowed the Allies to attack Germany on both fronts resulting in a turning point in the Allies favor on the Western front.Slide3
Background
Allied leaders met and agreed to this plan at the Tehran Conference in 1943
Names for the battle: Operation Overlord, D-Day, Normandy Invasion
Basically the battle that determined the war.
German coast was…
A. Fortified
B. Very very fortifiedC. VERY VERY VERY FORTIFIEDSlide4
Even More Background
D-Day took two years of planning
Giant rehearsals
D-Day: June 6, 1944
Began as Leningrad ended, and after the Axis invasion of Rome.
2 Phases: 1) invasion of France
2) move toward GermanySlide5
Preparation
Planning began in Spring of 1943
Original D-Day was set for May 1, 1944
U.S. Army general Dwight D. Eisenhower as the supreme commander of the Allied Expeditionary Forces
Allied bombing aimed at transportation and communication centers
The Allied air forces cleared the air of the Luftwaffe (German air force) by MarchGermans thought Allied assault would be launched across the English Channel at the Pas de Calais Slide6
Dwight D. Eisenhower
British Lieutenant General Sir Frederick MorganSlide7
Preparation Continued
Operation Fortitude-
Intent: to make the Germans believe that the Allies would attack at Pas de Calais.
Dummy tanks, trucks, and tents.
Radio traffic German intelligence would intercept
German double agents
Deception is successfulOperation Neptune- increased force from 3 to 5 divisionsPushed back to June 5, 1944
bad weather pushed back to June 6, 1944German Atlantic Wall
Deception Hindered Atlantic WallSlide8
Adolf Hitler
General Erwin RommelSlide9
“You are about to embark upon the Great Crusade, toward which we have striven these many months. The eyes of the world are upon you.”
-Eisenhower Slide10
Landings
Utah
1st of 2 American beaches; to establish beachhead on Cotenin Peninsula.
Omaha
Omaha beach was the most difficult due to the German 352nd Division
Juno
Seize Carpiquet airport west of Caen to link beaches Gold and SwordGoldUsed to secure a beachhead to capture Arromanches and link to Omaha.Sword
3rd British landing zone; closest to Caen.Slide11
Map of Operation Overlord
Omaha
Utah
Sword
Juno
Gold
82nd Airborne Division
4th Division
1st Division
50th Division
3rd Division
3rd Division
6th Airborne Division
101st Airborne DivisionSlide12
“The war will be won or lost on the beaches. The first 24 hours of the invasion will be decisive.”
- Kenneth S. Davis "Overlord: The Allies' Triumph in Normandy."Slide13
Attack: Invasion
Midnight on June 6th, airborne troops parachuted into France to capture bridges and roads
Paratroopers were scattered but worked to their advantage
By dawn, Allied warships were appearing off Normandy beaches
British and Canadians attacked Gold, Juno, and Sword
U.S attacked Utah and Omaha
Omaha had heavy resistance and 2000 American casualtiesAllied planes started bombing beaches to clear a path for ground troops
156,000 Allied Troops successfully stormed the beaches
Total of 4000 casualties and thousands more wounded or missingSlide14
Attack: Resolution
June 11th, beaches fully secured
326,000 troops, 50,000 vehicles, and 100,000 tons of equipment
Germans were confused and disorganized
Allies fought their way across Normandy through harsh terrain
By the end of June, Allied troops seized Cherbourg
Landed approximately 850,000 troops and 150,000 vehicles in Normandy.By the end of August, 1944, Allies reached Seine River and Paris was liberated from Germans.Slide15
DEMO!Slide16Slide17
TimelineSlide18
Impact
June 26, 1944: Allies capture French port of Cherbourg.
August 25, 1944: Paris was liberated.
Germans believed Operation Fortitude, and retreated to Pas de Calais.Slide19
Impact
Marked beginning of the end for Hitler’s regime.
Forced Germans to fight a 2-front war.
Opened up Fortress Europe.Slide20
Who Hitler thought he was...Slide21
…who Hitler actually wasSlide22
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