D-Day: Canadians and the Forgotten Heroes - Third Reich - the Nazi dictatorship under Hitler (1933-1945)

D-Day, or the Day of Deliverance, is one of the most memorable events of WWII. Under the command of General Eisenhower, the commander-in-chief of the Allied forces, the invasion of Europe to win it back from Nazi Germany began June 6, 1944. The area chosen as the invasion point, was a strip of land along the coast of France, known as Normandy. Before we discuss the actual invasion of Normandy, and its outcome, you must first understand …

…th his commanding officials and who he trusted. On April 30, Adolf Hitler put the barrel of a pistol into his mouth, and pulled the trigger. A week later, the war ended. On May 8, V-E Day, Victory-in-Europe Day, millions of people around the world celebrated the end of the most destructive war in the history of mankind. The allies would still fight for another 3 months in the pacific, but Hitler was dead and Germany was defeated.