D-Day Invasion

  • WW2 begins

    WW2 begins

    Germany invaded Poland which begun the second world war.
  • America enters the War

    America enters the War

    America joined the Allies to fight against the Central Powers.
  • Attack Delayed

    On 6/4/1944 the attack of Normandy was supposed to happen but due to bad weather it was delayed by 24 hours
  • Eisenhower's Speech

    His speech to his troops was as follows. "You are about to embark upon the Great Crusade, toward which we have striven these many months. The eyes of the world are upon you.”
  • Battle of Normandy begins

    Battle of Normandy begins

    The battle otherwise named D-Day was an invasion of a 50 mile stretch of a heavily fortified coast of France's Normandy.
  • Normandy beach was captured

    Normandy beach was captured

    About week after the beach was stormed about 156,000 allied troops secured the beach.
  • Hitlers fatal mistake

    Hitler refused to send support to the counterattack saying that it was just a distraction from an attack North of Seine River
  • The complete capture of Normandy

    Allies liberated Paris removing germans from Northwestern France concluding the battle of Normandy
  • The end of Hitler

    Hitler took his own life. A week later the Allies accepted Germany's unconditional surrender.
  • WW2 ends

    WW2 ends

    U.S. General Douglas MacArthur accepted japans surrender on the U.S. battleship named the Missouri

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