6.
Answer a is correct.
Answer a is correct. The Allied strategic objective in August of 1944 was simply defeating Germany.
Answer b is incorrect. The freeing of occupied France would come as a by-product of the strategic objective,
defeating Germany. However, it was not the strategic objective.
Answer c is incorrect. The opening of a route into Germany was necessary to achieve the strategic objective. It
was not the strategic objective.
Answer d is incorrect. Capturing the province of Lorraine was also necessary to achieve the strategic objective.
It is not to be confused with the strategic objective, however, which was the defeat of Germany.
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