D-Day: Canadians and the Forgotten Heroes - Third Reich - the Nazi dictatorship under Hitler (1933-1945)

D-Day, or the Day of Deliverance, is one of the most memorable events of WWII. Under the command of General Eisenhower, the commander-in-chief of the Allied forces, the invasion of Europe to win it back from Nazi Germany began June 6, 1944. The area chosen as the invasion point, was a strip of land along the coast of France, known as Normandy. Before we discuss the actual invasion of Normandy, and its outcome, you must first understand …showed first 75 words of 1616 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1616 total…th his commanding officials and who he trusted. On April 30, Adolf Hitler put the barrel of a pistol into his mouth, and pulled the trigger. A week later, the war ended. On May 8, V-E Day, Victory-in-Europe Day, millions of people around the world celebrated the end of the most destructive war in the history of mankind. The allies would still fight for another 3 months in the pacific, but Hitler was dead and Germany was defeated.