Thursday March 29

Blog disscutions.

Soft underbelly of Europe. Italy was thought to be weakest spot for us to take back.

Invasion of italy 11 months after pearl harbor when we first faught. Italian gov serendered relitivly quickly but took a while to get control of german troops there. could then uses italy to attack other places.

George C marshall he was a cheif of staff. only one person over him which was president. focused on mechanical warfare. Dwight eisenhower lead d-day. was supream allied comander of all forces. Lead in africa and in europe after d-day invasion. Mcarther leader of us army against japan. Chester A nimits leader of navy against japan. omar bradly Africa and europe general.

D-Day june 6 1944 invasion of france. 6000 ships 5000 planes. Major casualtys at omaha beach aprox 10,000. Operation overloard is what its code name was. Britich american free french canadian. saved several lives because of all the blood and supplies they had. omaha and utah are beaches we landed at.

The Atlantic wall Built as defence for germany.

battle of the buldge. ardence mountains inbelgians 19,000 americans died in battle. hitlers last major offencive.

 

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