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D-Day occurred during the Battle of Normandy, which lasted from June 1944 to August 1944. 156,000 American, British and Canadian forces landed on 50 miles of heavily fortified beached on France's Normandy region, and beginning the end of the war. Prior to D-Day, the Allies conducted a plan to deceive the Germans about the intended invasion route. The defeat of the Germans came came the following spring. It was one of the largest amphibious military assaults in history.

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Thousands of troops and para gliders were already behind enemy lines on the morning of the invasion. The amphibious invasions started early in the morning, and the British, Canadian, and American forces began securing selected beaches. A week later, the beaches were secure.

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The Allies carried out a massive deception operation intended to make the Germans think the main invasion target was Pas-de-Calais, the narrowest point between Britain and France, rather than Normandy. There were many tactics used to convince the Germans of the fake location. General Patton led a pretend army which was supposedly based in England, fake radio transmissions were sent, and there were double agents.

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- 4,000 total Allied troops lost their lives
- 2,000 of them were American
- Thousands more were wounded or missing
- Between 4,000 and 9,000 German casualties

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D-Day marked the beginning of the end of the war. It allowed the Allies to liberate France, which was invaded by the Germans early in the war, and defeat Germany the following spring.