USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -After much deliberation, it was decided that the landings would take place on the long, sloping beaches of Normandy. There, the Allies would have the element of surprise. The German high command expected the attack to come in the Pas de Calais region, north of the river Seine where the English Channel is narrowest.

Detailed explanation-2: -Operation Fortitude was the code name for a World War II military deception by the Allied nations as part of an overall deception strategy (codenamed Bodyguard) during the buildup to the 1944 Normandy landings.

Detailed explanation-3: -In the spring of 1945, British and American forces fought their way into the heart of western Germany. Although the first German city to fall to American forces, Aachen, had been captured in October 1944, the invasion of the Third Reich began in earnest in March 1945 when the western Allies crossed the Rhine River.

Detailed explanation-4: -On 6 June 1944, D-Day, Allied troops landed on the coast of Normandy. It was the start of the campaign to liberate Europe and defeat Germany. The Battle of Normandy was a hard-fought campaign.