Starting the battle
The start of D day
June 6 1944
Deadliest battle
What is Omaha Beach
The section if Europe that was liberated as an affect of D-Day
What is western Europe
The Place the Germans thought would attack
What is Pas-de-Calai
The estimated amount of deaths in D day itself
Around 10k deaths in June 6 of 1944
The country that Aided The allies to box in Germany
What is the Soviet Union
The codename for the invasion?
What is Operation Overlord
German defensive strategy crumbled because their communication lines relied heavily on these physical wires, which were quickly cut by French resistance fighters and Allied bombs.
What is Telephone lines or landlines
The 2,000 mile long wall of defenses that was destroyed after the Allies took the European Coast.
What is the Atlantic wall
Beaches that the Americans landed in.
What is Omaha and Utah beach.
Name 2 of the 6 Countries that were liberated in D day.
What are France, Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands, Denmark and Norway
Who is Adolf Hitler
Why did D-day happened?
To fight Germany with two fronts.
This specific, massive German infantry force sat idle at Pas-de-Calais for weeks after D-Day because commanders were convinced Normandy was a trick.
What is the fifteenth army.
After winning the allies gained this tactical advantage to get lots of soldiers and supplies onto the continent.
What is a beachhead/foothold