D-DAY: The Events and Outcome of the Normandy Invasion

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Europe was completely conquered by the Nazis. At the start of World War Two, Hitler made most of Europe into his Nazi fortress. Hitler, by 1941, controlled all of Europe with the exception of Britain. Hitler sent hundreds of bombers to bomb Great Britain in an attempt to force them to surrender. The Nazis killed thousands and thousands of innocent civilians. The killings of these innocent civilians angered the Brits and motivated to not give into Hitler’s hands. In fact, the brave British pilots finally drove the bombers back to Germany. If Britain had surrendered, Germany would have controlled all of Europe. Then in 1941, Hitler waged war against his former allies, the Russians. If that wasn’t enough, the Japanese (Hitler signed a pact, in 1940, with the Japanese and Italians to make the Axis Powers) attacked the Americans in Pearl Harbor. America was furious and declared war on Germany; in return, Hitler, along with Japan and Italy declared war on America. The sleeping giant had finally waked up. America joined the Allied Powers and prepared to fight another World War. The only way to liberate Europe was to defeat Hitler and his Nazi army. The Allies had just invaded liberated Italy and fought very hard battles with the Nazis. The Allies had lost many lives and because of the outcome, the Allies failed to open up the back door to Germany. In fact, the Nazis still held the Alps at the end of the campaign, which mean the only path into Germany was France. Hitler knew that if the Allies failed at Italy, the Allies would have to attempt to invade France. The Allies also knew that they would only have one chance at an invasion in France, because it was heavily defended with plenty of reinforcements. If the Allied failed... ... middle of paper ... ...ndy was one of the bloodiest battles in World War Two; let us not forget these brave soldiers who all died for something priceless: our freedom. Bibliography: Books: Adams, Simon, World War 2, New York, DK Publishing Inc, 2007 Ambrose, Stephen E.,D Day June 6th, 1994: the Climatic Battle of War World Two, New York, Simon & Schuster, 1994 Brook, Henry, True Stories of D Day, New York, Scholastic Inc, 2006 John, Devaney, America Storms the Beaches, New York, Walter Company, 1993 Tute, Warren; Costello, John; Hughes, Terry; D Day, 1974 Encyclopedias: The World Book of Encyclopedia, “D Day”, 1958, Volume #4, Encyclopedia of the United States at War, June A. English, Thomas D. Jones; New York, 1998 Internet Articles “Normandy Landings”: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normandy_landings#German_defenses “D Day”:http://worldwar2history.info/D-Day/

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