...for as long as it takes
Estimated Casualties in World War II United States
Military Civilian POW MIA World War II Timeline 55 Years Ago February 1944 - Allies Step Up Bombing Campaign in Germany
June 6, 1944 - D-Day
D-Day" chronicles the single most dramatic event of World War II: the invasion of Europe at Normandy on June 6, 1944, by the Allied forces--a pivotal moment in history at which the future of the civilized world hung in the balance
For more on D-Day, visit the following PBS website:
The American Experience: D-Day
July 1944 - Gerrmans Quit Cherbourg August 1944 - Paris Liberated by Allies December 1944 -
The Battle of the Bulge
Information retrieved from the PBS Online website:
292,131 6,000
124,079 30,314
German aircraft production centers are the target of a massive bombing campaign by the U.S. Army Air Corps. Shortly thereafter, more than six hundred U.S. bombers raid Berlin.
The Allies take control of the French port city of Cherbourg.
After four years of German occupation, Paris is liberated with the help of French resistance troops led by General Charles de Gaulle.
Guts and Glory
