Rommel's Two-Day Trip To Germany

Decent Essays
Chalet and Kailee
Mr. Davis
U.S. History P2
February 14, 2017
D-DAY Summary
General Erwin Rommel brilliant decided to take a two-day trip home to Germany. They made a big fleet that was 20 miles wide. The Nazi gunners in the concrete emplacements were in big trouble. By nightfall American, British, Canadian Free French, Polish were holding French

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