D-Day: The Battle Of Normandy

D-Day happened on June 6 1944, We invaded normandy beach, There were over 425 thousand allies and germans killed or injured or just ran away.

D-day or operation overload started during world war II on June 6, 1944. D-day is the day that North America stormed the beaches of Europe to take back the land from the Germans. D-day, we landed on the beaches of Normandy to recapture Europe one step at a time.

“D-Day”, is considered one of the most significant battles of World War ll. D-Day is also known as the “Battle of Normandy”, or, “Operation Overlord”. The Battle of Normandy began in June 1944, and ended around August 1944. By the end of the war around August 1944, all of France had been cleared of Nazi forces. D-Day is considered a huge factor with the end of World War II and the Nazi Party due them having to push out of France and back into their initial land of Germany. Later on as the Nazi Party was pushed back into Germany, more allied forces collaborated to officially wipe out the Nazi Party in Germany. D-Day was initialized as it was approved by General Dwight D. Eisenhower. After the approval of the general, troops landed on the French coasts to neutralize the Nazi Party and to recover the land.

June 6, 1944. The world has been at war for almost 5 years. The Axis Powers have occupied France and a lot of Europe. The USSR is pushing the Germans out of Russia and back towards Germany. The Allies are preparing to invade and take back Europe and defeat the Axis. The invasion starts with a mix of British and American paratroopers being dropped behind enemy lines to take important and over 100,00 soldiers are preparing to launch one of the largest sea invasions of all time. The soldiers are a mix of British, Canadian, and United States origin. The 5 beaches being attacked are codenamed Utah, Gold, Sword, Juno, and Omaha. In the end, the invasion as a whole turned out to be a success on every beach. There were many reasons for this success,

Other than causing the liberation of France and the establishment of a new battlefront, the invasion also relieved the Soviet Union’s pressure. Before the Invasion, Germany had over two million troops fighting against the Red Army in the Eastern Front, and many of Soviet’s cities were captured. The Russians fought desperately to protect their cities. However, after the invasion, with the launch of a new major battlefront in the West, Hitler had to transport many of his forces to the West in order to defend his own country. Without as many troops to fight against, the Soviet army was able to push through Czechoslovakia, Poland and eventually penetrate into Germany; the Soviet Union’s progress greatly sped up the endof the war. (Naval History and Heritage- D-Day, the Normandy Invasion, 6 - 25 June 1944)

Britain and France desperately awaited the moment when the US would fully join in the fighting in Europe during World War II, and D-Day brought that full fledged involvement. If not for the efforts of the United States of America, its cooperation and planning with its allies, the invasion would not have been successful. It was successful, however, due to previous planning, the level of supplies and men from the US combined with the European allies, as well as the divided German forces. D-Day was the beginning of liberation of Western Europe from Nazi control. Hitler had known that in order for the Allies to be successful, there would have to be an invasion of mainland Europe - which his forces controlled most of - and that it would come from northwestern Europe, with Great Britain being the jumping off point. But if he was expecting the attack, why was he not better prepared? The planning that had gone into the invasion at the beaches of Normandy on the coast of France had been thorough and extensive, with a large part of that planning being the intentional disinformation about the location of the invasion, thus fooling the Nazi leader. These factors explain why Operation Overlord was successful, and thus became the turning point in the world war.

Russians consider it the greatest battle of their Great Patriotic War, and most historians consider it the greatest battle of the entire conflict. The Battle of Stalingrad was one of the bloodiest battles in history, with combined military and civilian casualties of nearly 2 million. June 6, 1944, D-Day commences when Allied troops and vehicles begin fighting on the beaches of Normandy, Omaha and Utah to name a few. By day’s end, approximately 150,000 Allied troops had successfully stormed Normandy’s beaches. Within the week on 11 June 1944, over 326,000 troops, more than 50,000 vehicles and some 100,000 tons of equipment successfully landed on Normandy beach ("D-Day").

The Battle of Normandy was a turning point in World War II. Canada, America, and Great Britain arrived at the beaches of Normandy and their main objective was to push the Nazi’s out of France. The Invasion at Normandy by the Allied Powers winning this battle lead to the liberation of France and Western Europe. Most importantly Hitler was being attacked from both the eastern and western front, and caused him to lose power. If the Allied Powers did not succeed On D-Day, Hitler would’ve taken over all of Europe. In a document written by General Dwight Eisenhower he persuades the allied powers to invade Normandy. Dwight Eisenhower was born on October 14, 1890. Eisenhower became the 34th president of the United States. He served as the

After the american troops had made it ashore and had taken the Germans as prisoners the Americans would start on their way toward France to stop this war with the Germans while on the way days had passed and many battles had been fought the Airborne troops had moved through Carentan(couple of days after invasion, D-Day) which was a germans invested town with MG42 waiting in the building facing the only entrance into the town even though the casualties were high the Americans did capture Carentan, the D-Day soldiers were on their way to capture the french port of Cherbourg. In the ensuing weeks, the allies fought their way across the Normandy countryside in the face of determined German resistance as well as a dense landscape of marshes and hedgerows. By the end of June the allies had seized the vital port of Cherbourg. They landed approximately 850,000 men and 150,000 vehicles in Normandy and were poised to continue their march across

D-Day was one of history’s very successful military assaults. It was effective because of how well the Allied Forces trained and prepared to attack the Germans. They had a very thorough preparation. For months, they organized their attack. They took care in making sure they knew what they were doing.

With the help of our allies, we were able to invade Normandy on 6th June 1944 and the battle lasted until August 1944. It was extremely difficult to get the Britain’s to buy into the invasion. They were very hesitant because of the causalities they suffered in World War I. Once we were able to get them to buy in it was game on and that gave us a tremendous boost. The sacrifices that these brave men gave are very apparent in today’s world.

One of the most significant encounters of World War II was the Battle of Normandy (the first day of which is commonly referred to as D-Day). Nearly three million soldiers were deployed for the invasion. Those deployed consisted mainly of American and British soldiers, however Canadian, French, Polish, Belgian, and Czech forces were represented as well (Jensen). The battle was fought in an effort to gain European ground and to reduce the German potential for overrunning Russia (Lucas). The Battle of Normandy was significant in that it was the turning point of World War II, incurred heavy casualties on each side, and was the greatest amphibious landing in history (Cohen).

The Battle of Normandy is from June 1944 to August 1944, which lead to Alines counterattack liberate Europe from Nazi oppression. In D-day, the battle began on June 6, 1944, Alines started to attack the Normandy. Canadian army was arranged to conquer the Juno Beach, which is one of important part in the whole battle. The Battle of Juno Beach was a disaster because of the mistakes made during preparation and planning. The terrain of Juneau Beach is the biggest hurdle for Canadian army’s offensive.

Many people in Europe knew that the Nazis had taken of Normandy, France. They had already taken over North Africa and now their empire was growing quickly. During D-Day, the allied nations knew that Normandy, France had to be their target if they were going to try to wipe out the Nazis. Everybody knew that it would be Normandy that would be the biggest and most important battleground. Normandy would soon turn the tide in WWII. The Germans had already lost hold of North Africa and people were aware that they were starting to lose Italy. “One of the only things that Germany needed now was time. Time to develop and unleash their new technology on an unsuspecting world. Time to recoup the devastating losses to American and British air power. Time to develop a sound counter-offensive, to send any possible invasion force to the bottom of the North Sea” (Second World War History 1). The Germans were starting to fall apart. This was the beginning of the end for the Nazi-Germany

For this reason, the invasion of Normandy otherwise known as D-Day was a very critical part for the surrender of the German nation. The operation was a key event for the turning point of World War II, without this invasion, Germany would have still obtained power and our world would have changed as we know it. The deceiving strategies pain purpose was to distract the German forces, and tricking them into believing the Allies would attack in Pas de Calais, and as a result Germany separated their troops and allowed the Allies were successful in delivering a surprise attack that would result in the defeat of Germany. The Normandy Beach landings allowed the Allied troops to advance inland towards where the German defenses were located. Then the