The Casablanca conference was when Churchill and Roosevelt met and decided on an unconditional surrender. Which means they wouldnt except any surrender unless it was under there conditions. D-Day or Operation Overlord was the Allied Invasion of Nazi controlled France. It was conducted in two phases. 1st phase an airborne assualt landing 24 thousand british american canadian and Free french airborne troops. phase 2 an amphibious landing of Allied infantry and armored divisions on the coast of France starting at 6:30 AM there were also decoy operations to distract the German forces were from the real landing areas. The Operation was the largest amphibious invasion min world history with over 160,000 troops. Roughly 10,000 Allied Casualties. Hitler put up some defenses like concrete and metal barriers to slow the invasion with machine gun turrets and artillery that made it hard for invasion forces to advance. The war was over within 11 months of the war. Battle of the Bulge hitler knew he had to do something if he was going to win the war. He made an offensive that actually made it out pretty far. But we stopped the invasion and pushed them back again. Germany lost many tanks troops and airplanes in this offensive. So after that they were pretty much done. They didnt have much left to fight against. Germany was being invaded on both sides. Hitler and his wife and kids as well as with his closer staff members and their families. V-E was victory day in Europe. Roosevelt died a month before the war in Europe was won and 2 months after he died Japan surrendered.
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