WORLD WAR I
CAUSES AND COURSE OF THE WAR
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The Allies were able to gain a foothold in Europe and liberate Western Europe.
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The Axis Powers were able to hold off the British, and extend the war 2 years.
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The U.S. joins the war an begins to supply the Allies.
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Japan and Germany were able to work together to take the beaches of Normandy.
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Detailed explanation-1: -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.
Detailed explanation-2: -On D-Day, June 6, 1944, thousands of Americans joined an Allied force of 150, 000 men from 12 countries storming the beaches of Normandy in the largest amphibious invasion in military history and the turning point in the war against Nazi Germany.
Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -D-Day was the turning point of the war, it was on June 6, 1944. The Allied forces Attacked and the Americans loss 2700 men themselves. By september they had liberated France Luxembourg and Belgium and then set their sights on germany. They caught them by surprise before germany had time to respond forcefully.