In June 1944, Allied leaders decided that it was time to attack Germany itself. Under the overall command of US General Eisehower, Allied troops landed in Normandy and advanced across France. Meanwhile, Soviet troops moved across eastern Europe. On the morning of 6 June, 1944, thousands of Allied troops went ashore along the coast of Normandy in northern France in what became known as the D-Day landings.
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Charles de Gaulle was leader of the French, troops, known as the Free French, who had escaped occupied France. After the war he became one of France's most powerful president ever.
resources: Tell me why (Chancellor Press)
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