WORLD WAR II 1941 1945
THE D DAY INVASION
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Germany was able to defeat the Allies
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Hitler was sleeping when the invasion occurred
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Germany was defeated; the Allies won
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The Allies were defeated; Germany won
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none of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -What Happened after D-Day? 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.
Detailed explanation-2: -It was the largest invasion ever assembled, before or since, landed 156, 000 Allied troops by sea and air on five beachheads in Normandy, France. D-Day was the start of Allied operations which would ultimately liberate Western Europe, defeat Nazi Germany and end the Second World War.
Detailed explanation-3: -During World War II (1939-1945), the Battle of Normandy, which lasted from June 1944 to August 1944, resulted in the Allied liberation of Western Europe from Nazi Germany’s control.
Detailed explanation-4: -Hitler’s refusal to surrender to the Allies led to “Operation Overlord” on June 6, 1944. British, Canadian, and American forces managed to take key points on the coast of Nazi-occupied France, signaling a beginning to the end of war in Europe. The time had finally come.
Detailed explanation-5: -The Normandy landings were the landing operations and associated airborne operations on Tuesday, 6 June 1944 of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during World War II. Codenamed Operation Neptune and often referred to as D-Day, it was the largest seaborne invasion in history.