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• O.V.E.R.L.O.R.D.

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Overlord D-days codename

• D-day is short for day of attack
• The first use of the term D-day is believed to
  have been during World War I when the American
  army attacked St. Mihiel in France

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Vessels 7000 in armada

• Over 195,000 naval ships delivered the combined
  Allied invasion force

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Europes second front

• Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin had been pushing
  for another front in Europe since 1942
• Stalin was in a fierce fight with the Nazis on
  the Eastern Front and felt a second front in
  France would release pressure on his troops

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Rommel commands fortress Europa

• German General Erwin Rommel commanded Nazis
  forces in France
• Rommel was a hero for his victories in the
  African desert
• Hitler believed the western beaches in France
  were impervious to invasion, hence fortress
  Europa

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Lands in Normandy, France

• The beaches of Normandy were code named UTAH,
  OMAHA, GOLD, JUNO, and SWORD
• American forces landed at UTAH and OMAHA

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Over 132,000 men 30,000 vehicles

• The U.S. suffered 6,000 casualties during the
  Normandy landing
• Britain and Canada combined for 4,300 casualties

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Results Nazi defeat

• The Normandy invasion will set the course for
  Nazi Germanys ultimate defeat
• Germany will surrender on May 8, 1945 (VE-Day)

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Date June 6, 1944