Their stories and others are told in Allies, a novel that, like D-Day itself, proves we are stronger together. African-American soldiers fought on the beaches at D-Day but remained segregated from white soldiers throughout the war, and returned home to find German prisoners of war treated better than they were in their hometowns. This way we are able to tell what is happening in a different place at the same time, which is vital in understanding World War I as it is a complicated subject. It talks about World War I, and I really like how the author changes perspectives throughout the story. Allies by Alan Gratz shows the battle of Normandy, D-Day, from multiple perspectives including a German-American paratrooper, a black American medic, a Canadian paratrooper, and a French Algerian girl in the resistance.This packet includes 26 pages of comprehension and activities, a table of contents, and an answer key.Quizzes and Comprehension:KWL ChartPre-Reading Questions9 QuizzesFinal. Jewish soldiers fighting for the liberation of concentration camps dealt with anti-Semitism among the very men who fought alongside them. Allies, written by Alan Gratz, is a very interesting book. Algerian Muslim soldiers fought in the French Resistance and the Free French Army, only to have to wage a bloody war for independence after the war. It was a day of unprecedented unity and cooperation.īut many people played heroic roles on D-Day only to return to lives after the war filled with prejudice, segregation, and injustice. Thousands more in France fought the Nazis at home. Nearly 160,000 troops crossed the English Channel to invade German-occupied France, most of them from the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada.
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