1. Operation Fortitude was an Allied military effort to deceive German forces and stray them away from Normandy before Operation Overlord, otherwise known as the invasion of France from Allied countries.
2. The Atlantic Wall was a coastal defense system set in place by Germany during World War II. This was made to protect invasions along the coastline of continental Europe.
3. Erwin Rommel was the commander of the Atlantic Wall.
4. The D in D-Day stands for day, as an emphasis on how important the Normandy landing missions and their success were.
5. The Allies deceived Germany by putting into place many aerial attacks beforehand, in an effort to keep them focused on the sky rather than the oceans or land.
6. It is estimated that around 4,000 to 9,000 casuaIties happened as a result of the Normandy landings.
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8. These artificial harbors were put into place as an effort to protect military supply ships anchored off the coast of Normandy.
1. The fierce Japanese commanders during the Battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa refused to surrender to the U.S. despite heavy casuaIties.
2. Aerial bombings and off-shore g*nfire was heavily used by Americans during these two battles.
3. Japan suffered 90,000 military d*aths, but around 150,000 additional civilian deaths occurred during the battles.
4. 49,000 American casuaIties occurred as a result of the Battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa.
5. The battles both ended in Allied victories.
6. Deliberate attacks in which the crew were attempting s*icide was unheard of at the time.
7. Around 2,874,000 had d*ed before the U.S. dropped atomic bombs on Japan.
8. Japanese- 10 million U.S.- 4 million
1. United Kingdom
2. 3.3 trillion
3. The Manhattan Project was an effort by the United States to create the first atomic bomb, and was ultimately successful.
4. Little Boy and Frat Man (the second without the r, it was marked as inappropriate)
5. The U.S. did not want the war with Japan to go on any longer, and used the bombs to end the war swiftly.
6. Harry S. Truman
7. Enola Gray (without the r again, sorry)
8. 70,000 d*ed instantly in Hiroshima, and in Nagasaki, around 40,000 instantly died. Abut 214,000 were killed in both cities combined.
9. 75 million people
10. 27 million Russians were killed in World War II.
11. 290,000 U.S. soldiers were killed.
12. The Allied forces caused the Germans and Japanese powers to surrender to them, marking the end of World War II and conflicts among the countries.
