Module6WarandPeacePartTwo:TeachingResources第二部分:教学资源Section2:BackgroundinformationforModule6WarandPeace1
D-Day:OperationOverlordOnthe6thJune,1944,thelargestamphibiousassaultinhistorywaslaunchedagainsttheNormandycoast–itsultimategoal,theestablishmentofanalliedfootholdinNazi-occupiedFrance
HavingseenthetideofthewarturninNorthAfricain1942,andthesubsequentinvasionofSicilyandmainlandItalyin1943,therewasgrowingpressureonthealliestoopenupanewfrontbylaunchinganinvasionofnorth-westEurope
Thiswascompoundedbythefightingontheeasternfront,whichhadseentheRussianssufferinghugecasualtieswhileslowlygrindingtheirwayforwardagainstthetotteringWehrmacht
Therefore,inJuly1943,thefirstplanswereputinplaceforinvasion–thetarget,Normandy
Rootcausesofwar▲CultureofviolenceThecultureofviolencepervadesoursociety,glorif