By 1944, Hitler controlled much of Western Europe and was fortifying his defenses with the Atlantic Wall. The Allies, under General Eisenhower, planned Operation Overlord, aiming to liberate Western Europe through a coordinated invasion at Normandy on June 6, 1944. Despite high casualties on D-Day, the Allies established a foothold that would lead to the liberation of Paris and further territories by September 1944.

1. D-DAY
AND
LIBERATION

2. IN A FEW
SENTENCES,
EXPLAIN THE
STATE OF THE WAR
BY 1944. WHAT DID
HITLER CONTROL?
WHAT WERE THE
PLANS OF THE
ALLIES?

3. 2THE TEHERAN CONFERENCE
FDR, CHURCHILL, AND STALIN MET IN
TEHERAN TO COORDINATE THE SECOND
ALL-OUT FRONT...
NOV. 28, -
DEC. 1, 1943
AMERICA WAS TO PROVIDE
MOST OF THE MEN, AND
COMMAND WAS GIVEN TO
GENERAL DWIGHT D.
EISENHOWER
FRENCH NORMANDY WAS
PINPOINTED AS THE
INVASION POINT

4. 3THE ATLANTIC WALL
DIRECTIVE 51
HITLER’S ORDER CREATING
A COSTAL FORTIFICATION
SYSTEM WHICH STRETCHED
FROM NORWAY TO SPAIN
ATLANTIC WALL
CONSISTED OF PILL
BOXES, ARTILLERY,
MACHINE GUNS, AND
BARBED WIRE

5. 3:00UNCOVERING D-DAY: UNEARTHING AND
PRESERVING HITLER'S ATLANTIC WALL

6. 5OPERATION OVERLORD
PURPOSE OF “OPERATION OVERLORD” WAS TO FREE
WESTERN EUROPE FROM NAZI CONTROL...
INVASION FLEET WAS
DRAWN FROM EIGHT
DIFFERENT NAVIES,
CONSISTING OF 6,939
VESSELS
EISENHOWER GATHERED
AN ALLIED FORCE OF
NEARLY 3 MILLION
TROOPS

7. 6SMOKE AND MIRRORS
CONSISTED OF DECOY
LANDINGS AND A HUGE
PHANTOM ARMY
OPERATION BODYGUARD
PHANTOM ARMY WAS
ORDERED TO ATTACK
THE FRENCH PORT OF
CALAIS, 25 MILES AWAY
FROM ENGLAND

8. 1:42DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER'S D-DAY SPEECH

9. 8THE INVASION BEGINS
24,000 ALLIED AIRBORNE
SOLDIERS PARACHUTED INTO
“FORTRESS EUROPE”
JUNE 6, 1944: D-DAY
EISENHOWER GAVE THE
GO-AHEAD FOR D-DAY
TO COMMENCE
FOLLOWED BY MORE THAN
160,000 SEABORNE
SOLDIERS

10. 9:11THE INVASION

11. 10THE LANDINGS
NORMANDY BEACH WAS THE SECTOR BOUNDARIES
BETWEEN THE 7TH AND 15TH GERMAN ARMIES...
‘OMAHA’
BY END OF FIRST DAY
THERE WERE 10,000 ALLIED
CASUALTIES INCLUDING
2,500 DEAD
NORMANDY WAS DIVIDED INTO 5 ZONES:
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
‘GOLD’
‘SWORD’
‘JUNO’
‘UTAH’

12. 2:47WWII IN HD: D-DAY

13. 12D-DAY +7 AND NORMANDY BREAKOUT
D-DAY +7
AFTER 7 DAYS, THE
ALLIES HAD MANAGED TO
HOLD AN 80-MILE STRIP
OF LAND IN FRANCE...
AMERICAN FORCES
LAUNCHED OPERATION
COBRA KILLING 10,000
NAZI SOLDIERS AND
TAKING 50,000 POWS

14. 13LIBERATION OF PARIS
PARIS WAS LIBERATED BY
GENERAL CHARLES DE GAULLE
AND FRENCH UNITS
AUG. 25, 1944
SEPT. 1944
ALLIES HAD FREED
FRANCE, BELGIUM,
AND LUXEMBOURG
LIBERATION!

15. 4:19LIBERATION OF PARIS 1944: GENERAL DE
GAULLE COMES UNDER FIRE

16. 15HESITATION AND A BOMB
HITLER WAS CONFRONTED ON ALL SIDES, EVEN
BARELY SURVIVING A BOMB/COUP ATTEMPT BY
THE GERMAN RESISTANCE...
SEPT.
1944
BUT HESITATION BY ALLIED
HIGH COMMAND AND
OPERATIONAL FAILURES GAVE
HITLER TIME TO RE-GROUP
HITLER WAS PLANNING
THE ARDENNES
OFFENSIVE, A LAST-
DITCH ATTEMPT TO
DRIVE THE ALLIES
BACK INTO THE SEA

17. 16ELECTION OF 1944
1944
THOMAS E.
DEWEY
FRANKLIN D.
ROOSEVELT
DUE TO FDR’S AGE
ATTENTION WAS FOCUSED
ON THE VICE PRESIDENCY
FDR WON LARGELY
BECAUSE THE WAR
WAS GOING WELL
HARRY
TRUMAN

18. WRAPPING-UP
IN A FEW
SENTENCES,
DESCRIBE THE D-DAY
LANDINGS. WHAT
WERE CONDITIONS
LIKE FOR TROOPS
INVADING
NORMANDY?