One of the many causes are. The allies made the nazis think that they weren’t going to attack normandy but they were going to attack Pas-de-Calais. The allies used the art of misdirection and “In the months and weeks before D-Day, the Allies carried out a massive deception operation intended to make the Germans think the main invasion target was Pas-de-Calais (the narrowest point between Britain and France) rather than Normandy.” (www.history.com, Para. 1). The allies thought that their plan was fool proof but “In November 1943, Adolf Hitler(1889-1945), who was aware of the invasion along France’s northern coast, put Erwin Rommel (1891-1944) in charge of spearheading defense operations in the region, even though the Germans did not know exactly where the Allies would strike.” (www.history.com, Para. 1). …show more content…
“By the end of august 1944, the Allies had reached the Seine River, Paris was liberated and the Germans had been removed from northwestern France, effectively concluding the Battle of Normandy.”(www.history.com, Para. 1) “Overlord was the largest air, land, and sea operation undertaken before or since June 6, 1944.” (www.dday.org, para.