HIST 011 Lecture 48: From D-Day to Victory in Europe
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Allies wanted to liberate france, started june 6. D-day- brit, u. s. and canadian (eh!) forces under gen. eisenhower captured beachlands off of normandy. Allies moved to offensive to roll back ermans and by august liberated paris. Sept. crossed german border for berlin, germans launched counter attack in belgium dec 44 in the battle of the bulge, after setback, resumed advance. 42 allied bombing raids in germ reduced nation"s industrial and fighting capacity. Russian army closed in on berlin and hitler committed suicide april 30, 45. Nazi army surrendered one week later on may 7. U. s. troops came upon germ concentration camps and the horrors of germ program genocide america and world shocked 6mil jews and sevr mil non-jews had been systematically murdered. Fighting japan largely u. s. armed forces that challenged japanese after pearl harbor, japan seized control of much of e. asia, and s. e. 42 japan occupied korea, e. china, philippines, brit burma and malaya, french indochina (vietnam,
