Day 56: Victory in Europe

Overhead map: Defeat of Hitler's army.  Attacked from the south through Italy.  Attacked from the East by Soviet forces.  D-Day invasion through Northern France.

D-day attack.  Saving Private Ryan.

Canada responsible for attacking Juno Beach on June 6, 1944.

Read 146-149:

• Juno Beach
• Battle of the Scheldt
• Battle of the Rhineland
• Liberating the Netherlands
• VE Day (May 8, 1945)
• Japan Surrenders
• The Atomic Bomb
• War Ends (August 14, 1945)

Read page 150-151

Future DEBATE TOPICS.  Create a chart for both questions FOR and AGAINST

a. Are weapons of mass destruction ever justified?
b. Is war necessary to maintain/establish peace?

World War 2 test next Wednesday, May 27th