WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY

WORLD WAR II

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What is D-Day?
A
The day all the aggressors from Allied Powers died
B
The day the Allies chose to land their troops in Normandy and start their campaign to liberate Western Europe
C
The day the Axis chose to land their troops in Normandy and start their campaign to liberate Eastern Europe
D
The day all the aggressorsfrom Axis Powers died
Explanation: 

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: -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.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Normandy beaches were chosen by planners because they lay within range of air cover, and were less heavily defended than the obvious objective of the Pas de Calais, the shortest distance between Great Britain and the Continent.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Normandy landings were the landing operations and associated airborne operations on Tuesday, 6 June 1944 of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during World War II. Codenamed Operation Neptune and often referred to as D-Day, it was the largest seaborne invasion in history.

Detailed explanation-5: -Their objective was to gain a foothold in Nazi-occupied France, so they could push inwards towards central Europe and dismantle Adolf Hitler’s regime. The odds were never in the Allies’ favor. “Operation Overlord, ‘’ as the entire D-Day was called, was an incredibly challenging plan to begin with.

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