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D-Day, the Allied Invasion of Western Europe – at Britannica Online
Before the Allied invasion of Western Europe was launched on June 6th, 1944, the outcome of the Second World War was still very much in the balance. The simultaneous landing of U.S., British, and Canadian forces on five separate beachheads in Normandy, France, proved to be one of the turning points in the battle against Hitler’s Nazi Reich. So how was such a massive logistical undertaking planned? How did the Allied commanders attempt to deceive the German forces? What exactly happened? Find out more about the D-Day landings with a 30-day free trial to Britannica Online.
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