d-day and liberation- canadians land on "juno"
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D-Day and Liberation
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D-Day
• June 6, 1944- “D-day” “Operation Overlord” launched– Invasion of Europe well planned and rehearsed
• Five landing points along Normandy’s beaches1) Sword2) Juno3) Gold4) Omaha5) Utah
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Canadians land at Juno
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D-Day
• First- massive air attacks• Second- paratroopers behind German lines• Third- Amphibious landing
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D-dayTWO ADVANTAGES: 1) Massive air and naval support– Land more than 1 million troops in 2-3 weeks
2) Attack details kept secret– Stormy weather, meteorologist predicted that
Allies would not attempt
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D-day
• Weeks of constant fighting to get inland• 11 month advance through France and
Belgium, towards Germany• Exhausting, brutal, dangerousBUT- rewarding when liberating
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Canada Liberates Netherlands- April 1945
Canadians given the task of liberating the Netherlands
• Dutch food and fuel supplies had been cut-off– Starving people eating bulbs and horse meat– Canadian food drops
• German troops in the Netherlands were surrounded by May 4
• 6,300 Canadians killed in liberation
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Final Days
• Allies invade Germany from west• Soviet Union attacked from eastGermany surrendered May 7, 1945
Hitler and his partner Eva Braun committed suicide in Berlin bunker.