JUNE 6th 1944

4e EURO

Wednesday, March 9^th 2011

The American landing in Normandy

On June 6^th 1944 the Americans landed in Germany. They attacked the German troops (the Nazis) in Normandy because they wanted to liberate / save the French population.

If the Americans didn't come in 1944, we WOULD speak German today!

This war lasted 6 years.

The name of the American general was Eisenhower. The German General was Rommel.

The name of the operation was « Overlord ».

In the night of June 5^th American bombers bombed German positions.

Why « Overlord »? Because it was an enormous attack!

The landing was planned for June 5^th but the weather was bad...