A. Started on the early morning of June 6, 1944 and ended with the liberation of Paris by August 19th
B. More 150,000 survived the first day of the invasion (thousand had died) of US, Canadian, and British forces and headed inland
C. At the Normandy beaches the Germans were well fortified all along with coast with camoflagued bunkers, barber wire, machine guns, ammunition, and situated above the steep incline of the shore forcing invading troops to negociate this natural obsticle first while dodging bullets and land mines
D. The Allied generals did NOT anticipated the large loss of life that was possible of US, Canadian, and British troops; they expected limited casualties thinking the Germans were weak and that their invasion was a secret; the Germans were caught unprepared
2007-07-11
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