In the biggest amphibious invasion in history, 350,000 troops invaded this historic region in 1944
[DOC] [TLE] A timeline of World War II - Piero Scaruffi [PAR] 14/8/1937: Kai-shek Chiang's nationalist Chinese troops attack the Japanese 
garrison in Shanghai 13/12/1937: Japan invades Nanjing (350,000 Chinese are 
killed and .... 11/5/1940: Britain bombs the region of Westphalia in Germany ..... 
the invasion of France ("D-Day") in the largest amphibious operation of all times,
... [DOC] [TLE] World War II (193945) - Oxford Reference [PAR] The one that began with the German attack on Poland on 1 September 1939, and 
the British ..... control of the air by the time their forces invaded France in June 
1944.