D-DAY

6 JUNE 1944 1 JUNE 1944 French resistance alerted to D-Day and begin guerrilla operations. 4 JUNE 1944 Allied forces enter Rome. 4 JUNE 1944 Poor weather forces postponement of D-Day from 5 June. 10 JUNE 1944 Red Army begins major operation against Finnish forces. 10 JUNE 1944 Waffen-SS forces destroy French village of Oradour and murder 642 men, women and children. 15 JUNE 1944 US forces land on the island of Saipan. The invasion of Normandy on 6 June 1944 was the culmination of years of strategic argument and operational preparation by the two Western Allies, Britain and the United States. In 1942, the US Army chief, General Marshall, wanted commitment to a cross-Channel Operation “Roundup” in the spring of 1943 following the build-up of American forces in Britain.…

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