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    The document discusses Canada's role in the D-Day invasion of Normandy during World War 2. It provides background on the Allied and Axis powers and explains that Canada provided troops, ships, and planes for the operation. On June 6, 1944, Canadian troops landed at Juno beach as part of the Allied invasion to liberate Europe from German occupation. Despite heavy casualties of over 5,000 Canadians killed, the Normandy invasion was successful in turning the tide of the war in the Allies' favor.

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    The document discusses Canada's role in the D-Day invasion of Normandy during World War 2. It provides background on the Allied and Axis powers and explains that Canada provided troops, ships, and planes for the operation. On June 6, 1944, Canadian troops landed at Juno beach as part of the Allied invasion to liberate Europe from German occupation. Despite heavy casualties of over 5,000 Canadians killed, the Normandy invasion was successful in turning the tide of the war in the Allies' favor.

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    D-day essay

    D-day or better known as the battle of Normandy interested me and made me


    dive deeper into learning about it. I have never really learned about any wars. Doing
    this topic expanded my knowledge on many other topics like ww2, the allies and the
    axis power, and some places in Europe. I also wanted to learn more about the ships
    and planes they used in world war 2 and in the battle of Normany they used a huge
    amount of ships and planes.

    In ww2 Canada was part of the allies (U.S., Britain, France, USSR, Australia,
    Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Denmark, Greece, Netherlands, NewZealand,
    Norway, Poland, South Africa, and Yugoslavia) who were fighting with the axis power
    (Germany, Italy, Japan, Hungary, Romania, and Bulgaria). Canada provided a great
    amount stuff for the allies in the battle of Normany. The Canadian troops landed on
    Juno beach while other Candian paratroopers landed East of the Beaches.

    The axis power began to invaded Europe from Poland starting world war 2 on
    September 1, 1939. By 1944 the Germans took over most of Europe. The Germans
    push most of the allies to England across the channel. The allies made a plan for an
    invasion but it was a secret operation, known as Operation Overlord, which meant it
    wasn’t talked about a lot. The axis power heard about the invasion but they didn’t
    know where they were going to strike.

    General Dwight Eisenhower, commander of Operation Overlord, plan was to


    strike on June 5 but it started to rain and thunder so the ships couldn’t sail across the
    channel to France. General Dwight Eisenhower got a special meteorologist to tell him
    when the weather would be good conditions to invade France. The meteorologist said
    that June 6 is when we could attack. The allies planned to invade France on the
    beach of Normandy. They came up with code names for the beaches that the allies
    took. Canada took Juno, America took Utah and Omaha, and Britain took Gold and
    Sword. The allies lost many troops to the axis power but they managed to capture the
    Normandy beaches back.
    People all over Europe were affected by the battle of Normandy. People say it
    was the beginning of the end of the war because the allies started to rise above the
    axis power. D-day was the plan to start taking back Europe from Germany. If
    Germany would have taken over Europe and won world war 2 life for everyone could
    be different. The battle of Normandy was also important because in the invasion the
    allies used new technology, new materials, and new tactics that we later learned from
    and modified.

    My perspective of the battle is from the Canadian side. Canada provided


    14,000 troops, 110 ships, 10,000 sailors, and 15 fighter and fighter-bomber
    squadrons for the battle of Normany. At the end of June 6, 1944, there were about
    1,070 Canadians that suffered from casualties and at least 350 that died. Throughout
    out the whole battle of Normandy, 18,700 Canadians suffered from casualties and
    more than 5,000 Canadians died. But in the end they helped the allies sucessfuly
    take back Normany and later all of Europe.

    Websites used:

    http://diamant-ltd.com/d-day-beaches-normandy-france-map/fancy-d-day-beaches-
    normandy-france-map/

    https://www.britannica.com/place/Normandy

    https://www.britannica.com/event/Normandy-Invasion

    https://www.ducksters.com/history/world_war_ii/d-day_invasion_of_normandy.php

    https://prezi.com/aemtt_qcv-lr/research-project-d-day-june-6th-1944/

    https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/d-day

    https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/normandy-invasion

    https://www.infoplease.com/history-and-government/1900-1999-ad-world-history/
    world-war-ii-1939-1945

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