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By 1944 World War II had lasted almost four and a half years. Now the entire war was balancing on whether an invasion of France would be a success or failure. The Germans were on a roll with a chain of victories stretching through the first three years. They accomplished a devastating blow to Poland[i], forcing the French to surrender. Attempts at taking England were promising until the British Royal Air Force stopped them in the Battle of Britain. Following the horrors of the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor[ii], Hitler declared war on America and pushed Italy to follow suit.
The United States and the British argued over whether to invade Europe at the earliest point possible[iii] or to wait. Britain’s argument said that the chance of not securing a stronghold at a beachhead could hold them back as much as two years. Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin met in Teheran[iv] in November of 1943. At this time they agreed on the basic details. The plan included the landing of......

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