WORLD WAR II 1941 1945
THE START OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR
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Japan
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Germany
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France
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Italy
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Detailed explanation-1: -Almost 133, 000 troops from the United States, the British Commonwealth, and their allies, landed on D-Day. Casualties from these countries during the landing numbered 10, 300. By June 30, over 850, 000 men, 148, 000 vehicles, and 570, 000 tons of supplies had landed on the Normandy shores.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Allied operation, code-named Operation Overlord, sent some 156, 000 American, British and Canadian troops to assault on five German-occupied beaches along a 50-mile stretch of France’s heavily fortified Normandy coast.
Detailed explanation-3: -The French battalion was assigned to a beach at Colleville-sur-Orne in the Calvados département. They were among the first Allied soldiers to land on “Sword Beach” at 0732 hours.