Why did the allies land on the beaches of normandy on d-day?
a. to launch a surprise invasion of europe from southern italy
b. to encourage the soviet union to continue fighting on the eastern front
c. to take advantage of false information given to the germans about an invasion elsewhere
d. to establish a stronghold on germany's northern coast

Correct C. To take advantage of false information given to the Germans about an invasion elsewhere.

The Germans knew that the Allies were planning an advance into France to try to retake the Western front in World War II.  The Allies used various forms of deception under "Operation Fortitude" to get the Germans to think they were getting ready to invade in the Pas-de-Calais region in northern France, keeping their actual plans to invade at the beaches of Normandy (in northwest France) a top secret.  Troops landed at five sites along the Normandy beaches in the famous "D-Day" invasion of 1944.