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Allies Liberate
Europe
Ms. Ha
Ch. 17 sec. 2 p.2
Pages: 574-577
I. Europe

A. Operation Overlord
1. Invade France
2. Free Western Europe
3. Led: Eisenhower
 B.
Allies
•1. USA
•2. Great Britain
•3. Canada
•4. Mountain of supplies
& weapons

C. Allies: 3 million soldiers
1. Land: Normandy, France
2. Phantom army
3. 150 miles away: Calais
4. Bad weather, delayed 1
day

D. Began: “D-Day”
• 1. June 6, 1944
• 2. Largest land-sea-air
operation in army history
• 3. Brutal
• 4. In 7 days: allies held
80-mile strip of France
II. Allies gain ground

A. One month later

1. One million soldiers landed
a. Massive air & land
bombardment
b. Provided gap in
German defense
 B.
General George Patton
•1. Forward to Seine River
•2. Liberated France,
Belgium, Luxembourg
by Sept. 1944
General George Patton
•3.
Sent message to
Eisenhower
“Dear Ike: Today I
spat in the Seine”
 C.
F.D.R. elected to
fourth term
1. Vice-President
a. Harry S. Truman
Truman
III. Battle of the Bulge

A. Hitler’s last offensive
•1. Dec. 16, 1944
•2. Tanks drive into
Allied area
•3. Created “bulge” in lines
•4. Germans lost, never
recovered
 B.
Concentration Camps
•1. Discovered
•2. Survivors freed
•3. World: horrified
Inhumanity of Man
SURVIVORS
IV. Unconditional
Surrender
A. April 30, 1945
1. Hitler committed suicide
2. Companion Eva Braun
a. Killed herself
b. Both bodies burned
Eva Braun
 B.
V-E Day
“Victory in Europe”
•1. May 8, 1945
•2. War in Europe/Hitler
is over!
IV. Tragedy in the USA
 A.
President Roosevelt dies
1. Brain hemorrhage
2. April 12, 1945
3. US Citizens in shock
4. Harry S. Truman
becomes president