The beginning of the end.

● D-day began when Germany invaded France. D-day happened on June 6th in ● This caused the operation Overlord, commenced to infiltrate Germany.

The battle begins.

● Thousands of Allied troops have begun landing on the beaches of Normandy in northern France at the start of a major offensive against the Germans. ● Thousands of paratroops and glider-borne troops have also been dropped behind enemy lines and the Allies are already said to have penetrated several miles inland.

● The landings were preceded by air attacks along the French coast. ● About 1,300 RAF planes were involved in the first wave of assaults then 1,000 American bombers took up the attack dropping bombs on targets in northern France.

The end of Dooms day. ● The Nazis fought desperately, but by this time Germany was at the end of her strength, and many Nazis soldiers were just 16-year old's. ● By August Paris had fallen and (despite a short Nazi counter-attack called ‘The Battle of the Bulge’) the Allies pushed relentlessly into Germany until they met up with Russian forces. ● On 7 May, 1945, the Nazis surrendered – it was VE Day (Victory in Europe.) ●

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