t off the beaches, it was all over. On the morning of June 6, 1944, D-Day began. Due to holes in the defense, and the Panzer divisions being at the wrong place, the landing was a success. Even though it costs great many allied troops, the allies were back on European soil, and they had opened up their much needed second front. This allowed them to relieve some of the pressure on Russia, which was now on the offensive and pushing towards Berlin.After D-Day, the allied troops massed huge amounts of men, supplies, and military vehicles along the French coast and began their own blitzkrieg. They moved at a pace of 40 miles per day and pushed the Germans back into their own country, completely liberating France, Belgium, Luxembourg, and much of the Netherlands by September 1944. The race was on between Russia and the other allies to get to Berlin. In October 1944, the allied forces coming through France had started capturing German towns. By late April, the Soviet Army was in Berlin, and on May 8, 1945, Germany surrendered to General Eisenhower, ending the Third Reich....
