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Why was D-Day important to the Allies?In: United States History, D-Day, Allies |
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D-Day, June 6, 1944, is the day that British, Canadian, and American Allied Forces invaded occupied France, and began the liberation of Europe from Nazi Germany.
It was also the turning point of WW2's war in The Europian Theater. It turned the war in the allies favor
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D-Day was the invasion of Nazi occupied Europe by the Anglo-American armies. We had spent years building up our forces in England and fighting the Germans around the periphery of Europe but with the invasion of Normandy we began liberating Europe and moving toward the final defeat and conquest of Germany.
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If they had spent couple more years 'building up' their forces miles away from the main (Eastern) war front, then the war would have ended with the victory of the Soviet Union and without much Anglo-American involvement.
'D-Day' is more of a political event - it actually prevented USSR from capturing territory east of the Elbe.
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D-day was very important because it was the major turning point of the war! True, there were many casualties, but there are also many heroes. D-day turned the war to our favor and could very well have won the war for us.
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It was one of the turning points in World War II history. It was to push the Germans back to their homeland.
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the threat of invasion in the west was almost as powerful as the invasion itself
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