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Message Drafted by General Eisenhower in Case the D-Day Invasion Failed

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Students discuss how much effort and planning would therefore be needed to plan a secret invasion such as D-Day. They use library and Internet resources to find out what strategies were employed on D-Day and what the results of D-Day were.

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dwight d. eisenhower, united states presidents, d-day, world war ii

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9th - 12th
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English Language Arts
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