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Why did the allies choose normandy as the site of the invasion

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As Brittany and Cotentin are peninsulas, it would have been possible for the German's to cut off the Allied advance at a relatively Narrow isthumus, so these sites were rejected
While Normandy was an easier route to take
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The long Sea made the Germans think that no one would invade there

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