All of the following statements regarding the Allied invasion of France in June 1944 are true EXCEPT that
A. the attack involved perhaps the largest number of naval vessels and armaments ever assembled in one place.
B. within a week, German forces had been dislodged from most of the Normandy coast.
C. Allied paratroopers were dropped behind German lines prior to the beach landings.
D. the landing was made across the narrowest part of the English Channel.
E. American, British, and Canadian forces stormed the beaches on June 6, 1944.
D
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