Erwin- Desert fox\
Operation torch
- The British American invasion of the french north Africa started on Nov 8, 1942
- By mid 1943, we had deafeated the Germans, Italians and the Vichy france.
- Pansers tanks fighting in the desert
Casablanca Confrence jan 1942 "uncondtional Surrender"
Fighting in Italys Appenine Mts. Took 2 to 3years to beat Italy.
Tuskegee Institute Did most of the bombing.
Dwight Eisenhower
D-Day - June 6, 1944
- Operation Overload\
- Allied invasion of Nazi controlled France
- The assualt landing of 24,00 British, American , canadian and Free French airborne troops
- The operation was the largest amphibious invasion in world history with over 160,000 troops
- Roughly 10,000 Alied causalites (6,600)
Atlantic wall
- An extensive system of coastal formations built by nazi germany 1942-1944
- Built for defense
Battle of the Bulge
- 100,000 Casualties killed, wounded, captured
- 81,000 American casualties
Hitlers suicide
- Took a pill and shot himself in the head.
- Hitlers wife Eva Braun
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