Jour-J

= __**Jour-J**__ =

**Part 1: City Information and History** **On June 6, 1944 160,000 troops (from America, Canada, and England) landed on the French coastline to fight Nazi, Germany. This was the largest invasion force in military history. The person in command of the invasion was General Dwight Eisenhower. The code-name was Operation Overlord. Overnight, more than 11,000 planes and 5,300 ships crossed the English channel and landed on Normandy's beaches.** **The Americans forces fought at Utah beach and Omaha beach. The British forces fought at Gold beach and also Sword beach. The Canadians fought at Juno beach. All five of these beaches are locates in the north of Basse Normandie. There goal was to drive the German military back to Berlin by opening a western front in Europe.** **This happened in Normandy, France. More than 9,000 allied soldiers were killed or wounded. There was 210,000 casualties on D-Day (Jour-J). All of the late Americans that fought in the D-Day battle are buried at the American Cemetery in Normandy. They have tombstones shaped as crosses and Stars of David. On the tombstones are peoples' names and the date that they died.** http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/jun06.html

__Part 2: Vocab__

 * jour-j = D- Day
 * cimetiѐre = Cemetery
 * soldats = Soldiers
 * amѐricains = Americans
 * anglais = British
 * canadiens = Canadians
 * guerre = war
 * 6 juin 1944 = June 6, 1944
 * basse = Lower
 * haute = Upper
 * manche = English Channel
 * normandie = Normandy

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