Eisenhower decided that Bradley's First Army, with its three corps, would land on the Omaha and Utah beaches in the first wave of the invasion of Normandy. Success was not guaranteed, and Eisenhower in all probability **posed this message in advance of D-Day for worry that the proper phrases wouldn't **e to him if the invasion failed. Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of mainland Europe and the establishment of the se**d entrance long advocated by Stalin to relieve stress on the Russians in the East, was the best amphibious landing operation in history. Subsequent puzzles will embrace the words Omaha and Overlord, main Allied safety to suspect Dawe is leaking intelligence about the D-Day invasion. April 27: In the run-as much as D-Day, British authorities ban all journey exterior the country in an effort to put a stop to intelligence leaks in regards to the invasion. April 30: The primary prefabricated, $2,200 home goes on show in London, prematurely of Churchill's plan to use a whole bunch of thousands of these buildings to home those left homeless by the **flict. Follow the progression of World War II by late April and early May 1944 by **tinuing the subsequent part of this article. City of Sevastopol falls to the Soviet Union: On April 8, 1944, the Soviet Union launched a signifi**t offensive (500,000 troops) against the German 17th Army, which had been remoted within the Crimea since November.

May 1944: The Soviet Union prevails in the Battle of the Crimea. May 3: Spain's Fascist authorities be**h General Francisco Franco agrees to curtail provide shipments to Nazi Germany in alternate for an increase in oil shipments from the Allies. The Nazis symbolize Terzin as a "mannequin camp" to guests: The 18th **tury fortress of Terezin (Theresienstadt in German), Czechoslovakia, grew to be**e a Nazi "mannequin camp." To deceive Red Cross inspectors and other worldwide visitors, Theresienstadt -- which included a theater, caf