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D DAY By Mark Letourneau. When it happened and where? D Day June 6, 44 50-mile stretch Nazi germany French coastline At Beaches of Normandy.

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1 D DAY By Mark Letourneau

2 When it happened and where? D Day June 6, 44 50-mile stretch Nazi germany French coastline At Beaches of Normandy

3 What happened and the cause The cause was Hitler taking over francs June 6, 1944, 160,000 Allied troops landed operation a crusade in which accept nothing less than full victory 100,000 Soldiers began the march across Europe to defeat Hitler

4 The reason it was memorable and why was it important to WWll 9,000 Allied Soldiers were killed or wounded Big reason Hitler failed France was saved

5 Important people born: Dec. 12, 1875, died: Feb. 24, 1953 Rundstedt, Karl Rudolf Gerd von commander of the armies that invaded southern Poland success in the invasion of France in spring of 1940 title of marshal of the Reich commanded the armies of the south in the invasion of the USSR stopped at Rostov by Soviet Marshal Timoshenko During the D-Day invasions of June 1944, Rundstedt was German supreme commander launched the Battle of the Bulge and facing imminent defeat, he retired in March 1945

6 Technology/Arms Atlantic Wall" really began in Spring of 1942 and involved the construction of minefields, concrete walls, concrete bunkers, barbed wire fences, and fortified artillery emplacements. Also, its armor, heavy infantry weapons, and anti-tank capabilities were years ahead of the Americans and British

7 Bibliography http://www.militaryhistoryonline.com/wwii/dday/ http://www.army.mil/D-day/ History book Life wwII book andrewroman.net/2009/06/06/remembering-d-day/ therealbarackobama.wordpress.com/.../ Wiki space

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