WORLD WAR II 1941 1945
THE D DAY INVASION
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It prevented Hitler from sending troops from France to build up his front against the Soviets.
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Hitler’s army lost so many men, that they could no longer fight other battles.
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Hitler’s army lost so many tanks that they did not have the equipment to keep fighting.
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None of the above.
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Detailed explanation-1: -D-Day marked the turn of the tide for the control maintained by Nazi Germany; less than a year after the invasion, the Allies formally accepted Nazi Germany’s surrender. D-Day was a day that cost many lives on all sides of the conflict, changing not only the future of countries, but of families as well.
Detailed explanation-2: -After heavy fighting, Soviet forces neared Adolf Hitler’s command bunker in central Berlin. On April 30, 1945, Hitler committed suicide. Within days, Berlin fell to the Soviets. German armed forces surrendered unconditionally in the west on May 7 and in the east on May 9, 1945.
Detailed explanation-3: -On 6 June 1944 – ‘D-Day’ – Allied forces launched the largest amphibious invasion in the history of warfare. Codenamed Operation ‘Overlord’, the Allied landings on the beaches of Normandy marked the start of a long and costly campaign to liberate north-west Europe from Nazi occupation.
Detailed explanation-4: -German casualties on D-Day have been estimated at 4, 000 to 9, 000 men. Allied casualties were documented for at least 10, 000, with 4, 414 confirmed dead.