The Normandy Invasion

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This paper details the events prior to the infamous invasion of Normandy which occurred on June 6, 1944, when the allied troops landed in France to begin the liberation of Europe. It describes the actual plans for the invasion, which were under the command of General Dwight David Eisenhower and was codenamed "Operation Overlord." It also details the events that transpired after the troops landed on the five beaches along the Normandy coast, codenamed Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno and Sword.

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"After the fall of France in 1940 and his subsequent defeat in the Battle of Britain, Adolf Hitler had boasted that he would build an impregnable array of defences all along the coast of France. He gave it the pompous name of "The Atlantic Wall". But despite immense efforts the defences were not ready by 1944. The Atlantic wall, though formidable, was hardly impregnable. In many places it was still incomplete, and the German commander in the West, Field Marshal Gerd von Runstedt dismissed it as a figment of Hitler's braggadocio. In November 1943, Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, "The Desert Fox", victor of so many battles in North Africa was sent to France to take charge of the coastal defences."

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