LESSON TERM EURO GROUP2 FRIDAY THE 19 TH OF SEPTEMBER

 

 

TER EURO

 PROJECT D DAY 2023

Session 3

MISSION : SO WHAT DO YOU NEED TO PLAN AN INVASION ?A GROUP GAME

in spelling :

battle hardened ( aguérri à la guerre)

ex: the germans were battle hardened 

(to) trigger = (to) beget = (to) prompt 

this attack prompted a prompt response for the other camp 

be in fatigues = be wearing a kaki uniform 

the GIs were all in fatigues 

battle fatigue 

the  british had been fighting for 4 years so they were experiencing battle fatigue 

(to) entail = (to)  imply  

this attack entailed a massive armada of ships  

 

MISSION : today you have to design a plan to liberate France  and  put to end to WW2

Have a look at the different documents available and decide with your team on the various questions here :1 POINT FOR EACH CORRECT ANSWER and 1 if the justification is well phrased even if wrong .

 

1.     Location of the landing AND WHY ?

2.     Type of weather necessary

3.     Type of beaches necessary : pebbles or sand AND WHY ?

4.     Moment of day for the landing  AND WHY ?

5.     Habour or beach

6.     Where to go next ? paris ? other cities ?

7.     Low tide or high tide ?

8.     Landing alone or other type of operations before ?

9.     Once landed how to ensure supplies ?

10. Type of boats to take the men on shores

11. One military commander or only one suprême commander ?

12. Do we involve the French or not ? do we involve the french resistance ?

PRESENTATION TO THE OTHER GROUPS

 

 

STEP 4 WHERE TO LAND ? why choose normandy ?

a)      DISCUSSION : where would you land ? Why not pas de calais ?

 

 

STEP 5 WHEN SHOULD WE LAND ?

 

1°spring or winter ?

 

2) high tide or low tide ?

 

3)at dawn or at dusk ?

 

4)nice weather or stormy weather ?clear sky or cloudy foggy one

 

5)simultaneously with the red army summer offensive or after or way before ?