Why is D-Day important in WWII?

took
place between 1939 and 1945 between the Axis Powers (Germany, Japan, Italy) and the Allied
Powers (US, Soviet Union, Great Britain, France, China).

Among the causes of
the war were unsettled disputes from World War I and the growing power of Nazi Germany. For the
US, the attack on Pearl Harbor was a major factor in the decision to enter the war.

D-Day is another name for the invasion of Normandy in which the Allied forces attacked
the German forces in a place called Normandy on the coast of France on June 6, 1944. There were
some 156,000 Allied troops that invaded that day. It was a turning point in the war.

"D-Day" is a military term meaning the day of a major military attack. The
other name for the invasion of Normandy was "Operation Overlord." The Allied forces
were victorious in this very important battle. The victory at Normandy is believed to have been
"the beginning of the end of World War II." It was a huge success for the Allied
forces. Had the result at Normandy been different, the result of the entire war could have been
different.

More than 4,000 Allied troops died on D-Day.

There are many films which have taken this famous invasion as their topic, the 1998
film Saving Private Ryan being one of the most
popular.