War for Europe and North Africa Part II

Read the remainder of Chapter 25-2 (pages 779 onward) (War for Europe and North Africa) and post your answers to the following questions in your blog. Your answers are due at the beginning of class Tuesday. Title: War for Europe and North Africa - Part II Labels: WWII, FDR, Churchill, D-Day, Battle_of_Bulge, Germany, Hitler, Truman

6. What was D-Day?

D-Day was the plan by the Allies to attack Normandy in France set for June 5th, but delayed because of weather. June 6th is what is now known as D-day, the day of the invasion.

7. What happened at the Battle of the Bulge?
At the Battle of Bulge 8 German tanks broke through American defenses along and 80 mile front and drove 60 miles into Allied territory. When it ended after over a month, the Germans had been pushed back and had lost 120,000 troops, 600 tanks and assault guns and 1,600 planes.

8. What did Allied troops find in Germany?

In Germany, Allied troops found Nazi death camps in Germany, here they found starving prisoners, huge crematoriums and storehouses of shoes.

9. What happened to Hitler? What happened to F.D. Roosevelt? Who became U.S. President?

Hitler married Eva Braun and wrote his last address to Germany, blaming the war on Jews. Hitler shot himself (Braun drank poison).

F. D. Roosevelt had a fatal stroke on April 12, 1945. His vice president Harry S. Truman became president.