the Germans were surprised by the location of the invasion but mounted an effective counterattack
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The allied forces decieded to use operation overlord (d-day) in order to get a foothold in Europe. Although they knew there would be hundreds of casualties, they felt it was the best chance to get a foothold in France
D DAY was the day the allies went to recapture france the battle following Dieppe In World War 2 in comparisson to WW1 in a sense dieppe was like the battle of the sommes and dday was like the battle of vimy ridge. Dieppe was a failure and the lessons learned lead to the success of Dday. Dday played an important part in the allies fate because the allies recaptured france who had fell to russia only 6 weeks into war. this marked the last battle in europe in ww2.
five beaches at Normany, France....omaha, utah, gold, sword and juno on 6 June 1944..................