Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION -- American history in VOA Special English. I'm Steve Ember.This week marks the anniversary of the D-Day invasion of June sixth, nineteen forty-four.It was largest amphibious assault in history, and it led to the end of World War Two in Europe.Allied forces stormed the beaches at Normandy, France.The invasion marked a turning point in the war in Europe, as Hitler's hold on the continent began to crumble.On today's MAKING OF A NATION we take you back to that event, beginning with a decision by the Allied Commander General Dwight David Eisenhower.On June fifth, nineteen forty-four, a huge Allied force waited for the order to invade German-occupied France.The invasion had been planned for the day before. But a storm forced a delay.At three-thirty in the morning, the Allied commander, General Dwight Eisenhower, was meeting with his aides.The storm still blew outside the building.General Eisenhower and the other generals were discussing whether they should attack the next day.
