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U.S. General Omar Bradley, following orders from General Eisenhower, links up American troops from Omaha Beach with British troops from Gold Beach at Colleville-sur-Mer. Meanwhile, Russian Premier Joseph Stalin telegraphs British Prime Minister Winston Churchill to announce that the Allied success at Normandy “is a source of joy to us all,” and promises to launch his own offensive on the Eastern Front, as had been agreed upon at the Tehran Conference in late ’43, and thereby prevent Hitler from transferring German troops from the east to support troops at Normandy.
As British and American troops meet up at Normandy, Stalin rejoices - Jun 08, 1944 - HISTORY.com
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Thanks for reminding us TSgt Joe C. that as Operation Overlord progressed to the point that British and US Army forces linked up behind the beaches of Normandy, Josef Stalin rejoiced on June 8, 1944. The Russians and their allies had been fighting the bulk of the German Army in Europe since Sunday 22 June 1941 when Operation Barbarossa was launched.
Stalin recognized that Germany would now be involved in a two-front war.
The Germans had been pulling back German Army and Luftwaffe units from the eastern front and sending them to Italy since 1943 and more recently to France.
Image: 1944-06-06 to 12 Normandy Invasion map
Overview:
"Five days after the D-Day landing, the five Allied landing groups, made up of some 330,000 troops, link up in Normandy to form a single solid front across northwestern France.
On June 6, 1944, after a year of meticulous planning conducted in secrecy by a joint Anglo-American staff, the largest combined sea, air, and land military operation in history began on the French coast at Normandy. The Allied invasion force included 3 million men, 13,000 aircraft, 1,200 warships, 2,700 merchant ships, and 2,500 landing craft.
Fifteen minutes after midnight on June 6, the first of 23,000 U.S., British, and Canadian paratroopers and glider troops plunged into the darkness over Normandy. Just before dawn, Allied aircraft and ships bombed the French coast along the Baie de la Seine, and at daybreak the bombardment ended as 135,000 Allied troops stormed ashore at five landing sites. Despite the formidable German coastal defenses, beachheads were achieved at all five landing locations. At one site–Omaha Beach–German resistance was especially strong, and the Allied position was only secured after hours of bloody fighting by the Americans assigned to it. By the evening, some 150,000 American, British, and Canadian troops were ashore, and the Allies held about 80 square miles. During the next five days, Allied forces in Normandy moved steadily forward in all sectors against fierce German resistance. On June 11, the five landing groups met up, and Operation Overlord–the code name for the Allied invasion of northwestern Europe–proceeded as planned."
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/d-day-landing-forces-converge
Stalin recognized that Germany would now be involved in a two-front war.
The Germans had been pulling back German Army and Luftwaffe units from the eastern front and sending them to Italy since 1943 and more recently to France.
Image: 1944-06-06 to 12 Normandy Invasion map
Overview:
"Five days after the D-Day landing, the five Allied landing groups, made up of some 330,000 troops, link up in Normandy to form a single solid front across northwestern France.
On June 6, 1944, after a year of meticulous planning conducted in secrecy by a joint Anglo-American staff, the largest combined sea, air, and land military operation in history began on the French coast at Normandy. The Allied invasion force included 3 million men, 13,000 aircraft, 1,200 warships, 2,700 merchant ships, and 2,500 landing craft.
Fifteen minutes after midnight on June 6, the first of 23,000 U.S., British, and Canadian paratroopers and glider troops plunged into the darkness over Normandy. Just before dawn, Allied aircraft and ships bombed the French coast along the Baie de la Seine, and at daybreak the bombardment ended as 135,000 Allied troops stormed ashore at five landing sites. Despite the formidable German coastal defenses, beachheads were achieved at all five landing locations. At one site–Omaha Beach–German resistance was especially strong, and the Allied position was only secured after hours of bloody fighting by the Americans assigned to it. By the evening, some 150,000 American, British, and Canadian troops were ashore, and the Allies held about 80 square miles. During the next five days, Allied forces in Normandy moved steadily forward in all sectors against fierce German resistance. On June 11, the five landing groups met up, and Operation Overlord–the code name for the Allied invasion of northwestern Europe–proceeded as planned."
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/d-day-landing-forces-converge
D-Day landing forces converge - Jun 11, 1944 - HISTORY.com
On this day in History, D-Day landing forces converge on Jun 11, 1944. Learn more about what happened today on History.
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What an amazing accomplishment the Allies made. If only the peace gained was real and could have lasted...
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