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G.I.

G.I. More than 16million Americans served in WWII They were called G.I.s which meant “ Government Issue ”. American Diversity. 300,000 Mexican Americans 25,000 Native Americans i.e. “ code talkers ” Nearly 1 million African Americans i.e. Tuskegee Airmen 350,000 women. D-Day.

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G.I.

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  1. G.I. • More than 16million Americans served in WWII • They were called G.I.s which meant “Government Issue”

  2. American Diversity • 300,000 Mexican Americans • 25,000 Native Americans i.e. “code talkers” • Nearly 1 million African Americans i.e. Tuskegee Airmen • 350,000 women

  3. D-Day • D-Day- The invasion of Western Europe • June 6, 1944- 4,600 invasion craft and warships moved across the English Channel • 1,000 Royal Air Force bombers bombed German defense at Normandy • 23,000 airborne parachuted behind enemy lines • 150,000 Allied troops landed in Normandy, France • Allies experienced heavy casualties

  4. Pushing back the Nazis • 1944- Nazis begin to loose numerous battles • The Nazis are pushed back to the original German boundaries • Battle of the Bulge- The German counterattack on the allies that pushed the lines back

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