D-DAY

June 6, 1944

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WWII
The war in Europe began, when
Germany, under
ChancellorAdolf Hitler, invad
edPoland.
ALLIES

US
UK
SOVIET UNION
FRANCE

AXIS

GERMANY
JAPAN
ITALY

During World War II (1939-1945), the

Battle of Normandy, which lasted
from June 1944 to August 1944,
resulted in the Allied liberation of
Western Europe from Nazi Germanys
control.

In June 6, 1944, 156,000 American,

British and Canadian forces landed on
five beaches along a coast of France
s Normandy region.

The
Normandy lan
dings have be
en called the
beginning of t
he end of war
in Europe

PREPARING
FOR D-DAY

 AfterWWII began,
Germany invaded and occu
pied northwestern France
Allies plan to attack
Frances northern coast
Hitler was aware of this
threat, putErwin Rommel i
n charge of spearheading d
efense operations. He finish
ed the Atlantic Wall, a 2,400
-mile fortification of bunkers
, and landmines

 In the months before DDay, the Allies carried ou

t a massive deception op
eration intended to mak
e the Germans think the
main invasion target was
Pas-de-Calais (the narro
west point between Brita
in and France) rather tha
n Normandy.
Many tactics was used to
carry out the deception,
including fake equipmen
t and a phantom army

D-DAY LANDINGS

 By dawn on June 6, thousands of

paratroopers and glider troops were already
on the ground behind enemy lines
The invasions began at 6:30 a.m.
by days end, approximately 156,000 Allied
troops had successfully stormed Normandys
beaches.

 For their part, the

Germans suffered from co
nfusion in the ranks and th
e absence of commander
Rommel, who was away o
n leave.
At first, Hitler believed the
invasion was a feint
designed to distract the G
ermans
He also hesitated in calling
for armored divisions to
help in the defense.
causing delays in
Reinforcements

VICTORY IN
NORMANDY

 on June 11, the beaches were fully

secured and over 326,000 troops, more t
han 50,000 vehicles and some 100,000 t
ons of equipment had landed at Norman
dy.

 By the end of August 1944,

the Allies had reached the
Seine River, Paris was liber
ated and the Germans had
been removed from northw
estern France, effectively c
oncluding the Battle of Nor
mandy.
The Allied forces then
prepared to enter Germany
, where they would meet u
p with Soviet troops movin
g in from the east.

 The Normandy invasion

turn the tide against the
Nazis.
it prevented Hitler from
sending troops from
France to build up his Eas
tern Front against the adv
ancing Soviets.
The following spring, on
May 8, 1945, the Allies
formally accepted the unc
onditional surrender of Na
zi Germany. Hitler had co
mmitted suicide a week e
arlier, on April 30.

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