People Flashcards
Who was Omar Bradley
Fought in North Africa and Sicily. Led US first army on D-Day, liberated paris, turned back Nazis at Battle of the bulge
Who was Dwight D. eisenhower
Supreme commander, lead Allied invasion of Europe in 1944
Charles de Gaulle
Invaded France in 1940, never surrendered to Nazis and lead rebels in liberation of Paris.
Bernard Law Montgomery
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.
Erwin Rommel
1944 commander in chief, fortified the nazis, was wounded in D-day. Poisoned himself after criticizing Hitler and charged with death.
George S. Patton
7th US army in Sicily and France, Captured 10000 miles of Nazi territory in Battle of the Bulge.