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Unit 3 WWII – CHC2P. Battles Part 3, Operation Overlord Ms. Pannell. The Tide Turns 1942 - 43. 1942 - Russians destroy the German’s Sixth Army at Stalingrad Americans recover from the attack on Pearl Harbor. Started to slow Island by Island campaign towards Japan
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Unit 3 WWII – CHC2P Battles Part 3, Operation Overlord Ms. Pannell
The Tide Turns 1942 - 43 • 1942 - Russians destroy the German’s Sixth Army at Stalingrad • Americans recover from the attack on Pearl Harbor. Started to slow Island by Island campaign towards Japan • Allies launch Operation Overlord, starting with the Italian Campaign
Operation Overlord The Italian Campaign • Part of ‘Operation Overlord’ • 1943-1945 • 91,000 fought, 30,000 were killed or wounded • 25,264 Canadians – 5900 killed
Allies encountered battle hardened Nazi German soldiers, not Italian Fought mostly in the streets of towns using old abandoned buildings Ortona – Canadian battle. House to house fights (1 month) By June 1944 (D-day) Allied armies entered Rome (Italy’s capital city Soldiers called ‘D-Day Dodgers’ Italian Campaign continued
Operation OverlordD-Day – June 6, 1944 • Originally planned for June 5, 1944 – pushed back to June 6 due to bad weather • Highly secretive invasion – took years to plan • A massive invasion of over 100,000 soldiers (British / American / Canadian) – over 15,000 Canadians
D-Day - Planning • Assumed identity of captured German spies and fed the Germans false intelligence – (the attack would be at Calais – 200km farther south) • Nazis didn’t expect us to arrive in Normandy • Used empty tents and movie set props to trick German pilots into believing the invasion troops were collecting in Dover • Nazis didn’t know how large our invasion was or where it was coming form • Built landing harbours in Britain that could be assembled in Normandy to allow for easier landing • Nazis were unable to delay the Allied attack by destroying or fortifying already existing harbours
D-Day the battle • Europe the Fortress: • Normandy beach was littered with German land mines, barbed wire, heavy artillery batteries and machine-gun nests. • On Land, By Sea, In the Air • Allied aircraft paved the way for the landings, bombing coastal defences in the months leading up to the attack • massive Canadian, British and American force crossed the English Channel • Their destination: an 80-kilometre stretch of the heavily-defended coast Juno Beach (Canada); Gold Beach (United Kingdom); Sword Beach (United Kingdom and France); and Utah Beach and Omaha Beach (United States). • Naval attack of ports, paratroopers landed before dawn on June 6th to engage the enemy
D-Day continued D-Day animation