Now Austin and Nick are presenting on D-Day and the European Front. D-Day was also known as Operation Overload or Operation Neptune. D- Day began on Tuesday June 6, 1944 at 6:30 am. It was on the northern part of France. The invasion happened in two phases. It had an air assault and an amphibious landing. It was the largest amphibious landing ever. The invasion was hard because Germany was dug into the beaches and it was hard to hit them with any artillary. Germany also had bunkers that had high caliber weapons in them. They also had thousands of mines on the beaches. The United States had a major problem cossing the English Channel. The invasion of France during D-Day was very important role in the European Front. We sent false information that Germany intercepted, so they thought we were going to attack somewhere else(Clay). It was a very bloody battle and the United States had numerous casualities. Operation Market Garden was the dropping of the paratroopers into enemy lines.
The Battle of the Bulge was a major and the most important battle in World War II. It was Hitler's last offensive of the war. The Rhine River was the final obstacle for the United States and the rest of the Allies. The Malmady Massacre was when Germany killed numerous US Prisoner's of War. The Allies wanted to divide and Conquer parts of Germany. Operation Plunder was a success. The Soviets were the first outsiders to see the concentration camps. This was on July 23, 1944. They were the first to see because they got into Germany first. When Hitler was on the verge of defeat he committed suicide on April 30, 1945. The war then ended a short while after on May 7, 1945. Germany surrendered at a huge palace called the Reims.
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