"The Longest Day" D-Day: June 6th 1944
*Operation Overlord
*allies open a second front in France against the Germans
*Land on five beaches named Utah and Omaha (American) Juno (Canadian) Sword and Gold (British and Polish)
*Rommel felt that whoever won the beaches that day would win the war
*Leached all the supplies out of the area for a long time
*No doubt that they would win
*allies open a second front in France against the Germans
*Land on five beaches named Utah and Omaha (American) Juno (Canadian) Sword and Gold (British and Polish)
*Rommel felt that whoever won the beaches that day would win the war
*Leached all the supplies out of the area for a long time
*No doubt that they would win
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Summary
D-Day was one of the most successful battles of the campaign. Some say it was the turning point in the war. However this battle had been so planned out that it would have been an embarrassment not to have won it.