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The Battle Of The War II

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D-Day On December 7, 1941, the fate of the United States of America changed forever. At the time, the global conflict known as World War II had been brutally raging on for over two years. American forces had managed to stay out of the war. However, when the Japanese bombed the naval base in Hawaii, at Pearl Harbor, the Americans could no longer hold out. On December 7, 1941, the United States of America entered WWII (“Origins of the Normandy Landing”). Before the Americans entered the war, Winston Churchill and the Allies (Britain, Canada, France) were losing the war. Everything was against them. The Germans were advancing, pushing outwards and taking more of Europe. The German troops greatly outnumbered those of the Allies. Churchill knew that the only way to stop Adolf Hitler and the Nazis was to gain a front in Europe and attack the Germans at home. He began to plan a Normandy invasion. From 1939-1941, Churchill struggled to determine how he would launch an attack that would be immense enough to stop the Germans. He got his answer when America joined. He now had the firepower and the troops to launch an assault. (“Origins of the Normandy Landing”) For three years, Churchill and the Allies meticulously planned the invasion. In 1944, they had not quite finished working out the finer details of the invasion. However, the infamous assault on Normandy, now known as D-Day, was launched. (“Origins of the Normandy Landing”) Launching D-Day was a necessary step

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