The+Liberation+of+France

=The Liberation of France= The Liberation of France began on D-Day - June 6th, 1944. The liberation took place over time because it wasn't easy for the Allies to reclaim France from the German Army during World War II. A liberation is when something is gaining freedom from something else. This is what was happening: The French were ruled by Nazi Germany at the time. Eventually, the year 1944 came and the French decided to start gaining back their own government and started battling for liberation. Nazi Germany had been ruling France since 1940, so four years later France was ready to start fighting back.

One of the events to gain back liberation is called D-Day. D-Day is the largest seaborne invasion in history and the start to the end of Hitler. The Allies won D-Day. The Liberation of France was a lot of events to gain back France from Nazi Germany. Another event was called operation Dragoon. This was an allied invasion of southern France. The Germans had a weaker troop with them, which was an advantage for the allies. The Germans soon retreated. There were only a small amount of casualties. Since the German retreated, Marseilles was liberated. Soon battles from all over led to liberalizations around France. By the time of September 1944, almost all of France was liberated because the Germans will surrender. Overall, the liberation was a success.

The aftermath of the liberation had it's ups and downs. The French formed the French Committee of National Liberation. Also the Provisional Government of the French Republic was formed. This marked the official restoration and re-build of the provisional French Republic. These stood out to show that France was becoming stronger and re-building themselves back up. The French began to rebuild their government which made the French bold. This also marked the end of Free France which was the government led by Charles de Gaulle. The liberation was also a success because it set up a base for allied forces which was a huge advantage in World War II.