d day:
june 6th, 1944
allied invasion of nazi controlled france
conducted in two phases- airborne troops into france; an amphibious landing of allied infantry and armored divisions on the coast of france
decoy operations to distract the german forces from the real landing areas
largest amphibious invasion in world history; 160,000 troops
roughly 10,000 allied casualties
the atlantic wall- system of coastal fortifications built by nazi germany between 1942 and 1944 along the western coast of europe
built as an anticipated allied invasion of the mainland continent from great britain
omar bradley- general for the US
battle of the bulge:
coldest and snowiest weather for a battle
of 1,000,000 men fought
massive battle
malmendy massacre- worst atrocity committed against american troops
ultimately not successful for germany
hitler committed suicide
eva braun- hitler's wife; also committed suicide
V-E day:
may 8, 1945
the end of the war
fdr dies, truman takes over:
fdr died a month before the end of the war
truman gets signed in
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