Today we went over the powerpoint again.
Operation Barbarossa:
- Hitler got within 12 miles of Stalingrad, but never actually made it there
-then the winter set in and the Soviets pushed back against the Nazis
Siege of Leningrad:
-started September 8th 1941
-lasted 872 days
-reports of Canibalism
Erwin Rommel:
-The Desert Fox
-fought in the desert most, and was sly, like a fox
Sicily
Italy's Appentine Mts.:
-tough fighting
Tuskegee Institute:
-school that trained African American men to fly and do bombing missions
-had great skill at bombing and flying
Dwight Eisnehower:
-Supreme allied commander of allied forces in Europe
-put together D-Day
-Ike
D-Day:
-shores of Omaha Beach
-operation overlord: June 6, 1944
-alot of guys were sick
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