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D-Day Invasion of Normandy
On June 6, 1944 the Normandy Invasion the allies launched a massive invasion into France across the English channel, By the end of August 1944 northern France was liberated, on 30 August 1944 an offense known as Operation Overlord was depending on 6000 ships to land on over 100k troops on beaches in northern On 5 June 1944 supporting these troops were 10k fighter planes who delivered bombing air support, they started bombing German positions and dropping 23k paratroops behind German lines. -
Japanese Surrender
On Sep. 2, 1945 the Japanese representatives signed an official Instrument of Surrender to the US It set out in eight short paragraphs the complete surrender of Japan. on Sep. 2, 1945 On the deck on USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, the Japanese envoys Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu and Gen. Yoshijiro Umezu signed their names on the Instrument of Surrender. On Sep. 6, Col. Bernard Thielen brought the surrender document and a second imperial rescript back to Washington, DC.