"On the evening of June 6, 1944, over five thousand ships carrying 150,000 soldiers, the
greatest armada ever assembled, left southern England for the invasion f Normandy. In the
morning, across the English Channel, a great battle would begin for the liberation of Europe."
--New York Times [Document I]

In the spring of 1943 the American ships began to arrive in great numbers in England. Some troops had seen combat in North Africa and Sicily, but most were untested, fresh from the training camps of North America. They were here to join an Allied army to become part of the largest invasion force in history. Seeing them, the British were encouraged by their numbers. The island had been at war for four long years and now the Americans had arrived. The war had been going on since 1939 and they were tired. Their soldiers had been fighting a very long and difficult war. On January 16, 1944,......

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Title: D-Day
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