Roosevelt and Churchill agreed that as soon as the Germans and Italians had been defeated in North Africa, the allies would invade Sicily and begin bombing Germany from the air
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Tehran Conference December 1943
Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin met to discuss the continuation of the Second World War. They agreed to set up a second front in France May/June 1944 to ease pressure on the SU who were fighting Germany on the Eastern front alone.
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Operation Fortitude
Normandy was chosen as the site of allied invasion to open up a Second-front. However the allies wanted to deceive the Germans.The British used a double-agent called "Garbo" who told the Germans that the allied invasion would take place in Calais.
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Operation Fortitude p2
Also the plan convinced the Germans that there was a First US army group based in Britain (there wasn't) And a fourth army group in Scotland ready to invade (there was not )
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Operation Overlord
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Tehran Conference December 1943
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Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin met to discuss the continuation of the Second World War. They agreed to set up a second front in France May/June 1944 to ease pressure on the SU who were fighting Germany on the Eastern front alone.
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