WORLD WAR II 1941 1945
THE START OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR
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allowed Japan to attack the Pearl Harbor naval base.
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signaled Italy’s withdrawal from the war and the end of Mussolini’s reign.
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liberated (freed) France and Northern Europe from Nazi control.
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forced Russia and Germany to join forces for the Axis Powers.
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -The D-Day operation of June 6, 1944, brought together the land, air, and sea forces of the allied armies in what became known as the largest invasion force in human history. The operation, given the codename OVERLORD, delivered five naval assault divisions to the beaches of Normandy, France.
Detailed explanation-3: -Many people think they know the answer: designated day, decision day, doomsday, or even death day. In other words, the D in D-Day merely stands for Day. This coded designation was used for the day of any important invasion or military operation.
Detailed explanation-4: -June 6, 1944, is the day when more than 160, 000 Allied forces landed in Nazi-occupied France as part of the biggest air, land and sea invasion ever executed.