The War in Europe and D-Day!

The War in Europe and D-Day!

- students will identify the steps in re-taking Europe that led to D-Day

Open Ended

What is the medal of honor? How does one earn the medal of honor? how did Vernon Baker earn the Medal of Honor?

Hitler's Big 3

• Dunkirk- Largest evacuation of Humans in Military History

• Battle of Britain/Operation Sea Lion- German invasion of Britain

• Operation Barbarossa- Hilter leaves for Russia too Late

Open Ended

What do you believe the results would have been if Hitler would have been successful in any of his big e errors?

America Joins the war

• The Battle for the Atlantic- Sonar, Convoys, sub hunting air craft weaken the German U-boat strategy

• North Africa- British and allied troops squeeze italian/german troops out of North Africa. U.S. troops lead by Gen. Eisenhower

• General Patton- Takes Italy

Multiple Choice

Churchill and Roosevelt met in 1943 at ______________________ in Morocco where they developed the Europe 1st Strategy

• Munich

• Casablanca

• Morovia

• Portsmouth

War in U.S.S.R.

• Operation Barbarossa- Germany invades Russia (June 1941)

• Siege of Stalingrad

• Russian Winter

• Surrender of the German 6th Army

• The real beginning of the end!

Multiple Choice

The real beginning of the end for Hitler came when the German 6th Army surrendered at

• Moscow

• Berlin

• St. Petersburg

• Stalingrad

Operation Overlord-D-Day

• June 6, '44 Allies launch an Invasion in Normandy France

• Largest Invasion in Human History

• The fake invasion force

• France is liberated 1944

Multiple Choice

The code name given to the D-Day invasion was known as

• Market Garden

• Barbarossa

• Wind Jammer

• Overlord

Battle of the Bulge

• Germany's last real offensive

• One of the Largest Battles in W. Europe

• George Patton and his army help push back the German's

• Nazi's are now being closed in on from both sides

Multiple Choice

Germany tried to break through the American lines with one last big offensive known as the

• Battle of Kursk

• Battle for Dunkirk

• Battle of the Bulge

• Battle for Anzio

Video Response

What are 3 things you learned about the War in Europe from this lesson?

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