The Target: Occupied France
After enduring four years of occupation, France was about to endure the price of freedom: invasion.
The map above details the stretch of Normandy coast selected for the Allied return to continental Europe. The planners who created this map, and many more like it, could only hope that the gamble would indeed be a success and lead to the liberation of Europe.
(NARA RG 331: Records of Allied Operational and Occupation Headquarters, World War II, 1907 - 1966 ARC 595474)
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