German troops are sweeping into southern France, annexing territory of the puppet Vichy regime- Nazis fear that, after swift capitulation of French forces in North Africa, the French government may be willing to let Allies land in Europe.
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June 6, 1944, D-DAY: allied forces land in Normandy to liberate Europe from Nazis
TIL originally planned take place at the same time as the Normandy landings, Operation Dragoon was the allied landings in Provence. Most of southern France was liberated in only 4 weeks, & heavy casualties were inflicted on the German forces en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ope…
A German Fallschirmjäger stands guard alongside British soldiers, possibly in the Netherlands, c.May/June 1945. In several cases across Europe after the 8th May,Fallschirmjägers were allowed to retain their arms for a period of time to assist Allied forces with guard duties.
With Allied armies close to victory in North Africa, New York Times speculates on an invasion of southern Europe. Map attempts to predict possible landing sites of next offensive, from Naples to Toulon:
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Huge Invasion Rehearsal Unopposed By Nazis, 9/16/1943. England – On Sept. 9th, last, it was revealed that Allied land, sea, and air forces had completed a major-scale 24-hour rehearsal for invasion of the Nazi-occupied Channel Coast without interference from the enemy.
Open Way For Allied Advance, 8/31/1944. France - Blocked by an anti-tank wall, the Allied advance in Southern France was halted - but just fleetingly. Engineers of a demolition squad set to work with teller mines and blasted open a clear path for relentlessly advancing forces.
Allied forces after being completely kicked out of europe
77 years ago, allied forces landed on beaches across Normandy, creating another front to push back Fascism in Europe
160,000 strong American & British invasion force is now approaching Sicily, ready for Operation Husky: first Allied landing in occupied Europe & the largest amphibious invasion ever.
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US troops wade ashore at Normandy on D-Day, the beginning of the Allied invasion of France to establish a second front against German forces in Europe. Normandy, France, June 6, 1944.
The snow bunting - not a true bunting but a member of the Calcariidae family - is the land bird with the northernmost breeding range on record, with one record at the North Pole. Its wintering ranges are more temperate such as southern Canada, northern US, northern Europe, and southern Russia.
Paratrooper lands head first in a field in the Netherlands during Operation Market Garden; September 1944. Market Garden was a failed Allied operation to seize key bridges by paratroopers and have armored forces outflank the Siegfried Line and enter Germany.
June 6th, 1944. The "Great Crusade" begins. Soldiers of the Allied Expeditionary Force land on 5 beaches in Normandy. All photos colourised by me. [Album] reddit.com/gallery/ntp22k
TIL of Operation Dragoon, the Allied landing of Southern France on 15 August 1944 with an invasion force of more than 500,000 troops consisting mostly of American and French troops. It was supposed to take place in conjunction with the D-Day landings but a lack of ressources did not permit it. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ope…
Various Helicopters land on the Mall in Washington DC as part of a static equipment display of aircraft and armor exhibited during the National Victory Celebration. The exhibit was June 6-8, 1991 to honor the Allied forces' liberation of Kuwait during Operation Desert Storm. reddit.com/gallery/nu1rs2
Mayo Force 1 preparing to land in Southern Spain 🛬🇪🇸 Whatcha doing, Kenny boy? 🤔 reddit.com/gallery/pz2dtb
Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force in Europe and future President of United States General Dwight D. Eisenhower, visits Warsaw following the end of World War II (1945)
Canadian soldiers land on Courseulles Beach in Normandy, on June 6, 1944 as Allied forces storm the Normandy beaches on D-Day, June 6, 1944.
Canadian soldiers land on Courseulles Beach in Normandy, on June 6, 1944 as Allied forces storm the Normandy beaches on D-Day, June 6, 1944.
TIL about Operation Pluto, an operation to lay submarine oil pipelines under the English Channel in support of the Allied invasion of Normandy during WWII. The two pipelines, "Bambi" and "Dumbo", carried 180 million imperial gallons of petrol to the Allied Expeditionary Force in North West Europe. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ope…
Invasion of Southern France, August 1944. French civilian volunteers join the Allied forces on the beaches of Southern France to help unload the avalanche of supplies rolling ashore. Unsolicited, these boys and old men reported to the beach master on D-Day plus one and asked to be put to work.
Canadian soldiers land on Courseulles Beach in Normandy, on June 6, 1944 as Allied forces storm the Normandy beaches on D-Day, June 6, 1944.
British & American armies have met in North Africa below Djebel Chemsi (1 on map), while breakthrough on the defensive Mareth Line has left nothing but open plains before Allied forces in southern Tunisia; Axis now have their backs to the sea.
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Almost a million US servicemen celebrate Independence Day in Britain, as Allied forces prepare to take war to Europe; American Forces Radio Network launches today in Britain to entertain troops far from home:
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Exactly 76 years ago the British morning newspaper "Daily Mirror" would announce the "VE-Day" or "Victory in Europe Day", After the unconditional German surrender to the allied forces. MORE INFO BELOW.
Doggerland (also called Dogger Littoral) was an area of land, now submerged beneath the southern North Sea, that connected Great Britain to continental Europe.
Sabaton - Primo Victoria [Power Metal] 74 years ago, Allied forces landed on the beaches of Normandy, beginning the liberation of Western Europe. youtube.com/watch?v=kPVm-…
Marlene Dietrich in Germany (her native land), 1945, as American paratroopers descend from the sky. Dietrich entertained frontline American and Allied troops in Europe during the last year of World War II and received the US Medal of Freedom for her efforts.
Played as Germany in ww2 scenario. Went monarchist and allied with Portugal and Sweden, later adding Russia. I took most of Europe, as well as colonies in Southern Africa Persia, the Caribbean, and Malaysia. I also have New Zealand and Australia as vassals. reddit.com/gallery/jfhsnt
Armenian American Ernest H. Dervishian (right) with Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force in Europe and future U.S President Dwight Eisenhower. Dervishian received the Medal of Honor, the U.S. military's highest decoration, for his actions during World War II.
Turkey and its allied Syrian forces are now building a settlement for Arabs and Turks on Kurdish land in Afrin's Shader village, 13 km east of Jindires rudaw.net/english/middlee…
Australian troops on the western front WW1. Aussies were one of only 2 allied nations which were an entirely volunteer force (the other was South Africa), conscription was proposed twice but lost in a landslide vote. Only making up 10% of allied forces, the aussies captured almost 25% of all land.
Germany had already lost the war, the most important long-term upshot of Allied landings in Normandy was to prevent the Soviets from installing communist dictatorships in western Europe.
Mareth Line in southern Tunisia, one of the last Axis strongpoints in North Africa, is cracking. Italian troops, not equipped to fight against tanks, surrender after Allied armoured forces encircle them:
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