Operation+Overlord

Allan Tuquero

Why was Operation Overlord commenced and how would it affect Europe after WWII?

Background of Operation Overlord Operation Overlord
 * Germany has Invaded Poland and Started WWII in 1939
 * Germany Invades France
 * Germany Commences Operation Barbarossa to Invade Russia
 * Germany Invades North Africa to commence their Mediterranean strategy
 * Erwin Rommel, commander of Germany's Afrika Corps, leads the offensive
 * Montgomery, leader of the British Forces in North Africa defeat Rommel at the Battle of El Alamein
 * Allies Open Front in Italy
 * Soviets start pushing Germans back
 * Germany able to keep their troops on the Eastern Front
 * Stalin urges Allies to open a third front against Germany at the Tehran Conference
 * Churchill recommends to invade through the Baltic putting the the Western Allies in a good position after WWII against the Soviets
 * Stalin and Roosevelt decide to invade Normandy France
 * Wester Allies agree to invading Normandy France
 * American and English Troops to invade Normandy France
 * Use both airborne and seaborne troops
 * Proved to be a major success for the Allies

Immediate Affects Lasting Affects
 * Allies were able to capture Paris and eventually push the Germans back to the Siegfried Line
 * Nazi Germany surrenders less than a year later
 * Germany divided into two parts
 * Soviet Union occupies and influences Eastern Europe
 * Western Allies influences Western Europe
 * An iron curtain is drawn across Europe
 * The Cold War starts