Background Information
During
World War II (1939-1945), the Battle of Normandy, which lasted from June 1944 to
August 1944, when some 156,000 American, British and Canadian forces landed on five
beaches along a 50-mile stretch of the heavily fortified coast of France’s
Normandy region.
Quick fact: The invasion day was delayed 24 hours due to weather.
World War II (1939-1945), the Battle of Normandy, which lasted from June 1944 to
August 1944, when some 156,000 American, British and Canadian forces landed on five
beaches along a 50-mile stretch of the heavily fortified coast of France’s
Normandy region.
Quick fact: The invasion day was delayed 24 hours due to weather.
What does it mean for us today
Because of D-Day which eventually led do the defeat of Germany, the territorial maps with many new additions of independent countries. The war also indirectly made the U.S. the peacemakers of the world.