D-Day: The Invasion of Normandy In midsummer 1943, a year before the Anglo-American invasion of Normandy that would lead to the liberation of western Europe, Adolf Hitler’s Wehrmacht, or armed forces, still occupied all the territory it had gained in the blitzkrieg campaigns of 1939-41 and most of its Russian conquests of 1941-42. It also retained its foothold on the coast of North Africa, acquired when it had gone to the aid of its Italian …showed first 75 words of 3256 total…

…showed last 75 words of 3256 total…beaten. Within a few short weeks, the Normandy Invasion passed into history and legend. In my opinion, the primary reason that the invasion of Normandy worked was deception. D-Day was a tremendous achievement for British, Canadian, and the American fighting men and their countries economy. I think that the invasion was the most critical event of World War II. If the invasion were to fail it would of totally changed the outcome of the war.