D-Day invasion was practiced, Attacking against the Atlantic wall, landing on Omaha beach was deemed Operation Neptune, the entire operation was called Operation Overlord, the invasion consisted of paratrooper and air strikes as well as the beach strike, invasion was postponed a few days due to weather, though during the attack, air support was limited due to the weather, first wave of the assault was basically wiped out... battle of the bulge, October 1944, Allies captured German town of Aachen, and Germans last ditch effort to recapture a Belgian town of Antwerp, of which Germans captured 120 Americans and killed them all. in the end the Germans were pushed back. Soviets came upon the first death camp in July 1944, SS guards tried of bury the remains, as well as thousands of starving people. the end of the European front ended with the Soviets storming Berlin and German soldiers running away, if caught, they were hung, and Hitler committed suicideselective Training and Service act 1940, was first peacetime draft and until 1973 were used to fulfill military needs... George C. Marshall was the chief of staff US military during WWII, Marshall plan which gave billions to countries to help rebuild them... Hollywood helped in the propaganda campaign. OPA and Rationing, food and gasoline were rationed. caused black market to rise, war production board made sure everyone produced the most they could. national war labor union made the workers and owners work together without out striking or lowering wages badly...
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