1. Agenda for the Day:
1. D-Day Presentation: 6/6/1942.
D-Day. The invasion of
Normandy Beach, and the
beginning of the end of WWII,
75 years ago.
2. Civil War Bios Project: use
the second 1/3rd of class to work
on your biographies,
& writing your biographies;
they’re due this Monday for 1st,
Tuesday for 2nd.
3. Roots: the final episode!.
What are your thoughts, now
that we’re at the end? Make
to complete & turn in your
episode 5 worksheet!
1st Period 7:50—8:48
2nd Period 8:53—9:50
Friday, June 7th, 2019
4. What
happened?
• Operation Overlord (D-Day) was a massive invasion
launched by the Allied forces to liberate France (and
eventually the rest of Europe) from Nazi control.
• It involved storming the beaches to overtake Nazi
strongholds on the coast of France.
Newsreel footage from 6/20/1944
5. During World War II, British
intelligence officers managed to pull off
one of the most successful wartime
deceptions ever achieved: Operation
Mincemeat. In April 1943, a
decomposing corpse was discovered
floating off the coast of Huelva, in
southern Spain. Personal documents
identified him as Major William Martin
of Britain’s Royal Marines, and he had
a black attaché case chained to his
wrist. When Nazi intelligence learned
of the downed officer’s briefcase (as
well as concerted efforts made by the
British to retrieve the case), they did all
they could to gain access…
Operation Mincemeat:
6. Where did D-
Day take place?
• Normandy, France. The attack was launched from
Portsmouth, England across the English Channel.
7. When did it
happen?
• The original plan was to attack on June 5th, but it was
postponed for 24 hours due to unfavorable weather
conditions.
• Dwight D. Eisenhower prepared two speeches for this
operation. One in case in failed and the other if it
succeeded.
Oversimplified Part 1
Oversimplified Part 2
Note: Oversimplified Part 2 (8:32-10:40 for D-Day)
