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D-Day
D-Day June 6, 1944

• By Dillon Clarey, Eric Diamond, and Matt Puckett
• English 10 Period 8

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D-Day

• Date June 6, 1944
• D-Day Day of Attack
• All attacks called this

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Preparation

• 20 US divisions 13 British divisions 3
  Canadian 1 French 1 Polish
• 150,000 Allied troops 1st day
• 13,000 aircraft
• 30,000 vehicles
• 13,000 bombs
• Crossing of English channel
• from Southern England bases
• 50,000 Germans/ Nazis

Sheppard
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Leaders

• US President Franklin D. Roosevelt
• Soviet Premier - Joseph Stalin
• Britain Prime Minister Winston Churchill
• German field general Edward Rommel
• German President Adolf Hitler
• US Army General Dwight D Eisenhower

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Beaches

• Omaha
• Utah
• Juno
• Gold
• Sword

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Statistics

• 18 hours to breach Hitlers troops
• 2,400 dead and wounded at Omaha

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Dwight D. Eisenhower

• By Matt Puckett

General
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Early Life

• Born in Denison, Texas October 14, 1890
• Third son of seven
• Parents were David Jacob and Ida Elizabeth
  Eisenhower
• Most of his childhood he spent in Abilene, Kansas
• Had a Nickname called Ike
• Liked sports more then books
• Enrolled in the United States Military Academy at
  West Point in 1911
• Graduated in 1915
• Assigned to served at Fort Sam Houston, Texas
• Married Mamie Geneva Doud in 1916, had two sons

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Early Military Career

• During World War 1 he commanded a training center
  for tank crews
• Promoted to captain and received the
  Distinguished service Medal
• In 1933 became an aide to Army chief of staff
  General Douglas MacArthur
• 1940 he returned to the U.S. as a lieutenant
  colonel. He became a full colonel in 1941.

History
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Service in World War II

• In 1942 Eisenhower became commander of the U.S.
  forces in Europe
• Led the Invasion of North Africa
• Became a 4 star General in 1943
• That year he launched successful attacks on
  Tunisia, Sicily, and Italy
• In December 1943 he was made supreme commander of
  the allied forces that were to invade Europe
• In 1944 he was awarded the highest U.S. military
  rank, Five Star General
• In 1948 he retired from the Military

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Presidency
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Adolf Hitler

• Eric Diamond

German
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Early Life

• Born
• Austria
• April 20, 1889
• Father was abusive
• Low Grades
• Laziness
• Artist

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How He Got His Ideals

• Vienna
• 1908 to 1913
• five years of hardship and misery
• Anti-Semitism

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Early Military Career

• February 1914
• Tried to join Austrian Army
• Failed medical
• World War I started
• August 1914
• Joined the German Army
• Earned the Iron Cross First Class

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Early Military Career Cont.

• Germany lost war
• Convinced he was to rescue Germany

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How He Gained Power

• 1919
• Joined the National Socialist German Workers
  Party
• 1921
• Became the Chairman of the NSDAP
• 1933
• Became the Reich Chancellor

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What He Did

• Rids himself of opponents
• Blitzkrieg tactics
• Sudden attacks
• Fast mobile armor and infantry
• Luftwaffe

History
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How He Died

• Fuhrerbunker
• Berlin
• Under the chancellery
• Day after being married
• Committed suicide
• Burned with his wife

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D-Day on the Radio
Played at 319 A.M. on D-Day
Played at 329 A.M. on D-Day
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