D-Day by ARMIN SABAREDZOVIC

Name of battle, Location, Date

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- The Battle of Normandy

- France's Normandy Coast

- From June 1944 to August 1944

Key People

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- Dwight Eisenhower (General)

- Erwin Rommel (In charge of defense operations in the regions.

-Adolf Hitler (Leader on Germany)

Key Statistics

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- Throughout a few weeks the Allies fought their way across Normandy.

- By the end of June Allies had seized the vital Port of Cherbourg.

- There were 850,000 men and 150,000 vehicles in Normandy and Continued to march into France.

-By the end of August 1944 Paris was liberated and the Germans were removed from Northwestern France.

Significance of Battle

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- The Battle resulted in the Allies marching their way across France, they liberated Paris.

- They removed the Germans from Northwestern France.

-The invasion began to turn the tide against the Nazis.

- This was a significant psychological blow, it prevented Hitler from sending troops into France.

Outcome

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- The Allies had won the Battle

- The Battle was in a way the beginning of the end, considering that the Allies accepted unconditional surrender of Nazi Germany.

-Hitler committed suicide earlier that week on April 30.

Three Interesting Facts

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- On June 11, the beaches were fully secured and over 326,000 troops, moved than 50,000 vehicles and some 100,000 tons of equipment had landed at Normandy.

- Day was originally set for June 5th but had to be postponed for 24 hours because of bad weather.

- Condoms were issued to soldiers- most were used for covering the end of their rifles to keep them dry.

Map Howing The Location of Battle

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Photo of D-Day

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