Invasion of Normandy

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• By 1944, Germany controlled most of the countries in Europe.

• The Allies decided to invade the northern coast of France in an area called Normandy.

• This invasion took a lot of planning because it involved huge amounts of equipment and soldiers.

• They decided to gather everything together in southern England and then cross the English Channel into France.

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• On June 6, 1944, 60,000 American and Allied troops arrived onshore at Normandy and surprised the Germans.

• This operation was known as D-Day. • It was the largest invasion by sea in

history!

D-Day• The Allied invasion of Normandy

to get the Germans out of France.

• The Allied troops came under heavy fire and thousands of soldiers were killed.

• The Allies eventually took over all five of the beaches where they had landed and headed inland.

• By August, Paris had been liberated! By September the Germans were completely out of France.