WORLD WAR II 1941 1945
THE START OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR
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Question
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The D-Day invasion in Poland allowed Americans to take an important step towards reaching Berlin
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Because of the D-Day invasion, Soviet forces were able to avoid directly attacking Germany
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The D-Day invasion in France allowed Americans to take an important step towards reaching Berlin
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After the D-Day invasion Germany was never again able to attack the Allies
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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: -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-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.