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Matt Doeden
Lerner Publications
Minneapolis
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Content consultant: Eric Juhnke, Professor of History, Briar Cliff University
Copyright 2018 by Lerner Publishing Group, Inc.
All rights reserved. International copyright secured. No part of this book may
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Lerner Publications Company
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For reading levels and more information, look up this title at
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Doeden, Matt, author.
Title: D-day invasion / Matt Doeden.
Description: Minneapolis : Lerner Publications, [2018] | Series: Heroes of World
War II | Includes bibliographical references and index. | Audience: Grades
4-6. | Audience: Ages 8-12. | Description based on print version record and CIP
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Identifiers: LCCN 2017009635 (print) | LCCN 2017010515 (ebook) |
ISBN 9781512498158 (eb pdf) | ISBN 9781512486407 (lb : alk. paper)
Subjects: LCSH: World War, 1939-1945)Campaigns)France)Normandy)
Juvenile literature. | Normandy (France)History)Juvenile literature.
Classification: LCC D756.5.N6 (ebook) | LCC D756.5.N6 D63 2018 (print) | DDC
940.54/21421)dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017009635
Manufactured in the United States of America
1-43464-33204-7/6/2017
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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INTRODUCTION
WELCOME TO
NORMANDY
Waves battered the shore as swarms of amphibious assault
vehicles approached Omaha Beach in Normandy, France. It was
June 6, 1944, at the height of World War II (19391945). The United
States, Canada, and Britain of the Allied forces were launching a
surprise attack on the German military that had invaded France in
1940. The day would become known as D-day.
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Sergeant Thomas Valance of the US Army Rangers
looked out at the beach, scanning for the enemy. He
couldnt see anyone. Valance and the members of his
company rushed down the ramp of the assault ship.
Ocean water came up to Valances knees, and waves
slammed against his back.
Thousands of Allied troops,
ships, and aircraft approached
the beaches of Normandy on
D-day to attack German forces.
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