WORLD WAR II 1941 1945
THE D DAY INVASION
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Allied forces successfully invaded France and began to take back Europe from Germany.
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The Germans fought off the Allied forces successfully, forcing a surrender and peace agreement.
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The Germans fought the Allied forces off, causing them to retreat. A month later, the Allied forces began again, this time, they won.
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The Germans and their Atlantic Wall managed to beat off the Allied forces, forcing the Allied countries to come up with another plan.
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Detailed explanation-1: -By late August 1944, all of northern France had been liberated, and by the following spring the Allies had defeated the Germans. The Normandy landings have been called the beginning of the end of war in Europe.
Detailed explanation-2: -But by the end of the day, 155, 000 Allied troops were ashore and in control of 80 square miles of the French coast. D-Day was a military success, opening Europe to the Allies and a German surrender less than a year later.
Detailed explanation-3: -The war would not be over by Christmas. But D-Day had opened another major front, where the bulk of America’s rapidly expanding army could at last be brought to bear. It led to the liberation of France, denying Germany any further exploitation of that country’s economic and manpower resources.
Detailed explanation-4: -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-5: -Allied forces faced rough weather and fierce German gunfire as they stormed Normandy’s coast. Despite tough odds and high casualties, Allied forces ultimately won the battle and helped turn the tide of World War II toward victory against Hitler’s forces.