People Flashcards

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Who was Omar Bradley

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Fought in North Africa and Sicily. Led US first army on D-Day, liberated paris, turned back Nazis at Battle of the bulge

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Who was Dwight D. eisenhower

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Supreme commander, lead Allied invasion of Europe in 1944

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Charles de Gaulle

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Invaded France in 1940, never surrendered to Nazis and lead rebels in liberation of Paris.

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Bernard Law Montgomery

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British 8th army in N Africa and Sicily. Field Marshal on D-day, Rhine River was his biggest lost, and Temporary commander in Battle of the Bulge.

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Erwin Rommel

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1944 commander in chief, fortified the nazis, was wounded in D-day. Poisoned himself after criticizing Hitler and charged with death.

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George S. Patton

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7th US army in Sicily and France, Captured 10000 miles of Nazi territory in Battle of the Bulge.

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