Text in French The Battle of Normandy organized by the Allies depended on a massive, fast landing which would destabilize the German High Command by its boldness. In a few hours on 6 June 1944,150 000 Allied soldiers had set foot on Norman soil. Facing them, an equivalent number of German soldiers, but of whom only a third were operational on this front. The German High Command had been expecting the landings to take place in the Pas-de-Calais,...
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