WORLD WAR II 1941 1945
THE EUROPEAN THEATER IN WWII
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Allowed German forces to maintain control of France and push the Allies out of Europe.
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British troops were able to reclaim Britain and take control of the war.
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Allied forces are able to take control of France and push the Germans back to Germany.
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Japanese bombers attacked American troops in the Philippines and pushed America out of the Pacific.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Normandy invasion began to turn the tide against the Nazis. A significant psychological blow, it also prevented Hitler from sending troops from France to build up his Eastern Front against the advancing Soviets.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Allies used over 5, 000 ships and landing craft to land more than 150, 000 troops on five beaches in Normandy. The landings marked the start of a long and costly campaign in north-west Europe, which ultimately convinced the German high command that defeat was inevitable.
Detailed explanation-3: -they were not prepared to fight a 2 front war. How did the D-Day invasion and the the allied invasion of France affect Germany’s strategy during WW2? Germany’s defeat and the end of the war came sooner than expected and at a lower cost.
Detailed explanation-4: -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-5: -Allied leaders set June 5, 1944, as the invasion’s D-Day.