June 6, 1944, the "second front" has become a reality. Anglo-American forces landed-Canada opened the Normandy beaches, north and west of the city of Caen. In the previous week, the Allied air forces attacked the transport network used to move troops and equipment from Germany. On D-Day itself, delayed a day due to bad weather in the English Channel, not strong and naval support, as well as specialized armored breakthrough, such as tanks capable " pool ", helping soldiers to get ashore in the beach - two each for the Americans and the British and Canadians. At the end of the first day, the Allies staged a beachhead thin, but has suffered less casualties than they expected.
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