Why Did The Allies Attack Germany

The date is June sixth, 1944. The Allies push onto the beaches of Normandy France. Along the sixty mile coastal stretch, it was divided into five sections, and named Sword, Juno, Gold, Omaha and Utah. Ground units arrived in Personnel Landing Craft Vehicle, which was launched from the U.S. Coast Guard. As the men hit shore, they were greeted with heavy machine gun fire. The length of the beach made it very difficult for anyone to an area with cover, making the men easy targets as they came from the boats. After years of battle experience, General Dwight D. Eisenhower was named a a five star-general. Eisenhower, working within the U.S. Army lead the D-Day invasion. This leader began the liberation of Europe. For Germany, their general and military theorist, Erwin Rommel. Rommel was a highly decorated officer who earned a name for himself previously in WWI. During World War Two, he was named the commander of the seventh Panzer division. His reputation for leadership earned himself the nickname “The Desert Fox.”
The Allies had knowledge that over 3,000 miles of coastline from Norway to France would in no way be able to be defended. With this knowledge, they tricked Hitler into believing that a joint attack of American, British and Russian forces would occur in Norway. Along with this, they shifted Hitler’s attention toward the French port of Calais, and made it appear that it was the most likely to be attacked. In doing so, this pushed the German forces around, so there was a lower concentration of troops near Normandy, which is where the actual invasion was to take place. Also, the Germans monitored communications for battle plans, they received confirmation from their own spies who were actually double agents working for the Allies. It’s obvious, there was definitely a few tricks up the Allies