HISTORY
WORLD WAR II
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Battle of the Bulge
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Midway
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V-E Day
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D-Day
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Detailed explanation-1: -Codenamed Operation Overlord, the battle began on June 6, 1944, also known as D-Day, when some 156, 000 American, British and Canadian forces landed on five beaches along a 50-mile stretch of the heavily fortified coast of France’s Normandy region.
Detailed explanation-2: -Eisenhower said about it through his executive assistant, Brig. Gen. Robert Schultz: “Be advised that any amphibious operation has a ‘departed date; ‘ therefore the shortened term ‘D-Day’ is used.” He said there were actually several other D-Days during the war-Normandy was just the biggest and most well-known.
Detailed explanation-3: -Operation Overlord was the code-name for the Allied invasion of north-west Europe. The assault phase of Operation Overlord was known as Operation Neptune.
Detailed explanation-4: -On the morning of June 6, 1944, Allied forces staged an enormous assault on German positions on the beaches of Normandy, France. The invasion is often known by the famous nickname “D-Day, ‘’ yet few people know the origin of the term or what, if anything, the “D” stood for.