A presentation in general, about D-Day. US History class.

1. D-Day June 6, 1944 … The turning point in WWII … The largest *seaborne invasion in history … The beginning of the end of German control over Europe … Only the beginning of a bitter battle as the Allies finally reach Paris and eventually Germany itself

5. Omaha

6. Gold

7. Juno

12. Hitler appoints two of his *ablest generals to take charge of strengthening the French coast line from attack.

16. Air assault lands 24,000 American, British, and Canadian troops shortly after midnight.

18. Three hours into attack, 5,000 Allied fighters defeated 119 enemy aircraft. Paratroopers. Operation was conducted in two phases: By Air: Aerial picture of Normandy landing area.

20. Troops board the largest fleet of ships ever seen. (7,000)

24. By the end of D-Day, the Allies landed 130,000 troops by land, and 29,000 men by air.

25. D-Day was such a risk in Eisenhower's mind that he had prepared a letter to be released to press that Operation Overlord was a failure.

26. The Allies were successful in part because the German defenders have been surprised, and because of their fight against the Red Army in the east.

27. The battles that took place on D-Day and the several days after it, are considered by some to some of the most devastating battles that ever took place in the history of mankind.

28. Allies then move permanently to the offensive as the armies marched through Europe to liberate the other conquered nations.

29. D-Day was a big step towards the ending of the Hitler Empire in Europe, and WWII. German soldiers surrendering to Allies after D-Day. Alfred Jodl, Chief of the Operations Staff in the German High Command, signs the document of unconditional German surrender. Ending WWII. May 7, 1945.

31. The longer the war lasted, the more Jews would have been killed, probably wiping out the last of them.

32. The atomic bomb, created in the summer of 1945, would have been used on Germany first instead of Japan.

33. Weakened Germany could have allowed the Russian army to role right through Europe, leaving Communism in their wake. George W. Bush in the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial . Graves of Jewish-American soldiers were marked with a Star of David instead of a cross .