through the fortifications, the Americans drove the Japanese out of Tarawa. LVTs were landing vehicles that were like tanks but they could go through the water on the rough coral. Also, in Europe the Nazis were fighting a battle with the Soviets near the city of Stallingrad and they surrounded the Red Army’s soldiers blocking food, clothes, and weapons. The Red Army hid behind ruins of houses and buildings and managed to encircle the Nazis who were in the same spot the Soviets had been in. Seeing there was no way out, the Nazis surrendered. Another important moment was on June 6, 1944 during the largest invasion in history when 150,000 Allied soldiers invaded France. First, at 12:02, paratroopers parachuted behind enemy lines. Also they planted dummy Allied soldiers filled with firecrackers to fool the Nazis. The invasion went down as D-Day or Operation Overlord. Double Agents managed to fool the Nazis into thinking the landing were not in Normandy. The famous American general in charge of this invasion, Dwight D. Eisenhower was up against the well known Nazi general, Eric Rommell who was nicknamed the Desert Fox. It was a battle of smarts. The landing beaches were Utah Beach, Omaha Beach, Juno Beach, Sword Beach and Gold Beach. A bloody battle arose on Omaha Beach when the tanks were let out early and they sank. Also, the planes either dropped bombs on their own ships because their timing was early or they dropped the bombs too late. Unlike the first landing when the Nazis were not expecting it because of the weather, this time it seemed like everything went well for the Nazis. Omaha was the deadliest of the D-Day landings. Four thousand four hundred Allied soldiers were killed during D-Day. Hitler went to sleep at three o’clock in the morning and was woken nine hours later at twelve o’clock in the afternoon. That is almost twelve hours after D-Day started! D-Day was a really important battle of World War ll. Before the invasion, General Eisenhower put a note in his pocket saying that if the invasion failed it would be his fault. Explore Ancient Rome: Citizens of Rome By Corinne F., Grade 3 Conquerors Rome’s landmarks and buildings aren’t the only amazing thing about this city it was also the birthplace several of important persons such as Julius Cesar and Alexander the Great. As l told you in the introduction the Roman empire at one time was the biggest empire in the world! And to conquer all of this land Rome had to have a lot honorable leaders. Others Also it’s not just Rome’s many leaders that were important, Rome had several politicians, writers, and other citizens whose names are still heard today. Julius Cesar Did you know that Julius Cesar invented the leap year? Well he did, a leap year is when every four years you add an extra day to February because a year is actually a 365.24 days long. Also he was the first Roman to have his own face on a coin! He also was in the army, and worked as a lawyer, a writer, and a speaker. Julius Cesar is still remembered and we even use the Julian Calendar to this day.
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