War in Europe

World War II

What was the 3rd theater of war in World War II?

Twix Question: Operation: Overlord is better known as _________.

Warm-up

Today I evaluate the American war effort in Europe by constructing a short response.

Content Objective

Why was Egypt so valuable to both the Axis and the Allies ?

War in Africa

General George S. Patton

House-to-house fighting w/Soviet snipers5000 Germans survivedOne million Soviet deathsThe beginning of the end for the

Nazis

Battle of Stalingrad February 1943

What groups did Hitler hate?Anonymous slaughter?

Holocaust

Murrow dialogue

June 6, 1944Operation Overlord

Allied invasion of SicilyMussolini surrendered in summer 1943

Liberation of Paris (August 14, 1944)

The Western Front

Battle of the Bulge (December 1944)

Allies crossed Rhine in April 1945

The Western Front

Dresden firebombing Retribution

Germany surrendered unconditionally on May 7

May 8- V.E. DayHitler committed suicide in his bunker- April 30, 1945

V.E. Day- May 8, 1945

Create a timeline of Germany’s demise leading to Hitler’s death

Assignment