艾森豪決定將D-Day改為6月6日，他知道接下來有兩個星期的時間，潮汐將不適合用來進行 攻擊，而兩星期的時間可能會讓德國得知盟軍的計劃。艾森豪下達作戰命令並開始動員世界歷史上最大的兩棲作戰攻擊。這項任務總共動員了超過4,000艘 戰艦、將近10,000架飛機及約160,000攻擊部隊。這次的艱苦作戰是一項大成功--艾森豪贏了這把天氣的賭注 。兩個月內，盟軍自他們的諾曼第灘頭堡發動攻擊並開始長時間、如史詩般的英勇奮鬥，以解放納粹暴政下的歐洲。


Eisenhower decided to change the date for D-Day to June 6. He knew that the tides would not favor an invasion again for nearly two weeks, long enough for the Germans to possibly learn of the Allies' plan. Eisenhower gave the order and set in motion the largest amphibious invasion in world history; an armada of over 4,000 warships, nearly 10,000 aircraft, and about 160,000 invasion troops. The hard fought invasion was a success--Eisenhower had won his gamble with the weather. Within 2 months, Allied forces broke out from their Normandy beachheads and began the long heroic struggle to liberate Europe from Nazi tyranny.

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