The Allied Forces -Great Britain, U.S. and Soviet Union - decided they needed a plan to attack the beaches of Normandy, France.

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June 6, 1944,

General Dwight D Eisenhower was Allied Commander.

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Allied Forces Consisted

22 American divisions

12 British divisions

3 Canadian divisions

1 Polish division

1 French Division 

All TOTALLY over 160,000 troops

5,000 ships

11,000 airplanes

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met The Atlantic Wall by surprise, built by Hitler

2,400 miles long,  complete  with barbed wire and bombs

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This was the BIGGEST INVASION from the OCEAN in HISTORY

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4,000 Allied Soldiers Killed

More than 6,000 wounded

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It was the Beginning of the end of the war as Allied Forces took back land German had taken.

August 1944 - France was Freed