Austin and Nick did their presentation today
European Front and Operation D-Day
D-Day is known as Operation Overlord or Operation Neptune
This day began on Tuesday
The invasion happened in 2 phases
1 Air assualt
2 Amphibious landing
-Germany was basicallydug into the beach landing zones
Airborne divisions were dropped behind enemy lines right after D Day begins
Machine guns and other high caliber weapons were in the fortified areas
Thousands of miles of mines were laid on the beaches
The US had a major problem crossing the English Channel
Invasion of France during D-Day was very important role in the European Front of WW2
It was a very bloody battle and the US had many casualties
Allies had very low chance for any victory because Germany was so well protected on the beaches
Operation Market Garden
The Warsaw uprising began in late July 1944
The Battle of the Bulge was a major and the most important battle in WW2-
European Losses-
Turkey losses their Neutrality in February 1945
Turkey didn't lose any soldiers
The Rhine River was the final obstacle for the US and the rest of the Allies
European Front
Dividing and Conquering parts of Germany was the strategy of Allies
Germany had one last struggle for Italy
Operation Plunder was a success
Thw Soviets were the first outsiders to see the concentration camps
The day was on July 23, 1944 near Lublin
There were only 1,000 survivors because Germany left it abandoned
Hitler was on the edge of Defeat and so he commited suicide on April 30, 1945
War ended on May 7 1945
Germany surrendered at Reims, The following day, Soviet headquarters in Berlin ended the 2nd war in Europe.
Largest airborne assault called?- Operation Market Garden
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