6. D-Day
âą First- massive air attacks
âą Second- paratroopers behind German lines
âą Third- Amphibious landing
7. D-day
TWO ADVANTAGES:
1) Massive air and naval support
â Land more than 1 million troops in 2-3 weeks
2) Attack details kept secret
â Stormy weather, meteorologist predicted that
Allies would not attempt
8. D-day
âą Weeks of constant fighting to get inland
âą 11 month advance through France and
Belgium, towards Germany
âą Exhausting, brutal, dangerous
BUT- rewarding when liberating
9. Canada Liberates Netherlands- April
1945
Canadians given the task of liberating the
Netherlands
âą Dutch food and fuel supplieshad beencut-off
â Starving people eating bulbs and horse meat
â Canadian food drops
âą German troops in the Netherlands were surrounded by
May 4
âą 6,300 Canadians killed in liberation
10.
11. Final Days
âą Allies invade Germany from west
âą Soviet Union attacked from east
Germany surrendered May 7, 1945
Hitler and hispartnerEva Braun committed
suicide in Berlin bunker.