PREPARATIONS FOR THE LANDINGS It was in 1943, at the Quebec Conference that the decision was taken to attempt a large-scale invasion, code-named Overlord, against the continent of Europe in the spring of 1944. However, instead of aiming their operation at the coast of northern France close to Britain, as the Germans had expected, the Allies chose to come ashore in the Bay of the Seine. Landing in lower Normandy, on shores less heavily fortified than those …showed first 75 words of 567 total…

…showed last 75 words of 567 total…attack by the British, Canadians and Poles in the north and the Americans and Lerclerc's French coming from Alençon in the south, part of two German armies were trapped in the Falaise-Chambois pocket (the "Corridor of Death" at Montormel). This brought the battle of Normandy to a close, at Tournai-sur-Dives on 21st August 1944. The Allies had pulled off their first victory on the continent. Three days later, they crossed the Seine and entered Paris.