Operation Overlord

On the 1 January 2015, Dwight Eisenhower was made commander of the Operation Overlord. He tried to trick the Germans into thinking that the main target was Pas-de-Calais rather than Normandy. Fake equipment was set up so that it looked like they were attacking Pas-de-Calais. The commander had chosen the 5th of June, but bad weather had them move it by 24 hours. The general gave a speech before the war. (Source G). The reason for this was that if the Americans had Normandy they would land more troops.

The United States men landed at Normandy during the allies’ days. Allies design a campaign to mislead the Germans about the invasion target. Germany really wanted to take over Europe. When allies attacked, they gained

In the nonfiction book D-Day by John Perritano the story behind the historical invasion of Normandy beach is reviewed. This book goes over the tactics used to invade Normandy, and the people who planned the attack. This book informs the reader about the many reasons why and how the Americans, Canadians, and British folk stormed the beach in an effort to stop Adolf Hitler. In this book I learned that D-Day was put into action by General Dwight D. Eisenhower, D-Day was June 6, 1944, and that the Ally army created a fake army to distract the Axis forces.

The Allies used many tactics to help with the deception, like fake equipment, a phantom army, and fraudulent radios. June 5th was the original day for the invasion. Unfortunately bad weather caused the attack to be postponed until the next day. On June 6th, at dawn, the Allied troops invaded Western Europe from the sea. The Allied armies spent several months preparing for this large amphibious attack. In addition, air attacks were used to keep German forces from moving troops in to protect the

The battle at Normandy, known as D-Day, lasted from June to August in 1944. Before the invasion Eisenhower told his men, “You are about to embark upon the Great Crusade, toward which we have striven these many months.

Although he helped American troops in North Africa, Eisenhower’s biggest feat was the invasion of Nazi-occupied Western Europe, better known as D-Day. As the Supreme Commander of Allied Expeditionary Forces in World War II at the time, Eisenhower gave permission for a massive invasion called Operation Overlord. He only had a window of four days to launch the attack, but jumped at the opportunity (Koves). The 40 mile stretch of the beaches of Normandy, France was divided into five sections: Juno, Sword, Omaha, Gold, and Utah (Operation Overlord Animated Map). Late at night on June 6th, 1944, aerial troops secured both the eastern and western parts of the beach. In the morning, seaborne soldiers began to attack the coast (Operation Overlord Animated Map). By June 27th, the Germans had wrecked their ports, assuming this would slow down the Allies. Their attempt failed, and finally, on August 25th, the French army successfully liberated Paris (BBC News).

Prior to the onset of The Battle of the Bulge, it's important to understand what lead up to this fateful day of December 16th, 1944. The beginning of the end for Germany started when America and it's Western Allies put together the greatest assault offensive that would ever be known to man, which was named: Operation Neptune and Operation Overlord (D Day). On June 6, 1944, the invasion was planned with two phases which consisted of an air assault and an amphibious beach assault consisting of American and allied forces. The landing took place on a beach of 50 miles in stretch of the coastline of Normandy, France which would be divided into five segments: Juno, Utah, Gold, Sword, and Omaha. The first phase of the operation was the air assault, which occurred after midnight and consisted of dropping 24,000 101st paratroopers into the military area. The second phase would be amphibious

In order to make this assault a successful one, the planners of D-Day used a conveyer belt like system. Every one of the two thousand ships were meticulously planned and loaded. The ships had a roster of names and a list of equipment that was loaded in an exact order to get those men and vehicles where they needed to be at the right time. The soldiers themselves were kitted out with everything they would need for a hard push into German occupied France. (Duncan, I.)

Troops gathered on the shores of Normandy to fight Nazi German forces. This mission required extensive planning. In order to pull this off, troops were trained, ships were gathered, code names were employed, and clever decoys were in place to confuse the enemy. Lead by general Dwight D. Eisenhower, the assault began on the morning of June 6th, 1944. The ships crossed the English Channel behind minesweepers while paratroopers dropped inland.

The invasion of Normandy, also known as Operation Overlord or D-Day, was perhaps one of the most important battles in the human history. The invasion took place on June 4, 1944, at the Coast of Normandy in France. Troops from over twelve countries, including Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America participated in the fight against Germany. Although the battles were enduring and hard-fought, the Allies achieved the final victory; the Allies were finally able to set their feet on the European soil again. The Allied invasion of Normandy was a major turning point of the war that led to the ultimate liberation of Europe from the Nazi forces.

Operation Overlord, one of the largest marine attacks in history, was what led to the liberation of Nazi Germany. More commonly known as D-day, Operation Overlord was the codename for the Battle of Normandy(1). The battle took place on June 6, 1944 and was the 1,738th day of World War II(1,4). Normandy was split into 5 beaches, America would take Utah and Omaha beach and the British and Canadians would take Juno, Gold, and Sword. 156,000 American, British, and Canadian soldiers were part of the invasion force. The plan for D-day required elaborate planning and deception. What happened during D-Day helped lead to the allies liberated France in August and defeating the Germans the next spring(1).

The Allied Forces took much time in plotting the invasion of the beaches of Normandy, France to establish a sure victory, as they’d be sacrificing many troops and resources. They also skillfully and masterfully concocted a planned hoax by deciding they would place dummy landing sites all around the eastern coast, set up dozens (hundreds, even) tanks to bluff an invasion of the wrong site. They even planned to organize a faux radio network, that told

The Allies also desperately desired a protected place to send in men and materials. France was the perfect place. After that the Allies would swipe back Europe (Martin 7). The Allies thought of a gutsy plan to creep into France. The plan was called Operation Overlord. For the beginning of the attack the Allied powers thought to raid five beaches in France. In order for the plan to work the Allies had to get the timing exactly right (Martin 9). Hitler accepted to invade Europe. Hitler originally had the thought that France would penetrate the city of calais. Hitler sent countless soldiers to Calis. The allied powers had to use undercover agents to provide Hitler with the incorrect knowledge (Martin 10). The allies had even more gimmicks in England,the allies made it look like there were tanks by putting up fake boats and balloons. They also equipped lights in a open field. Pilots in Germany mistaken this for army camps (Martin 11).

The Invasion of Normandy took place on Saturday, June 6th,1944 in Western Europe. Dwight D. Eisenhower and Adolf Hitler were leaders of this war. Eisenhower was a Commanding General and Hitler was the leader of Germany. Eisenhower launched an attack along French Coast. German leaders couldn’t believe Allies attacked Normandy. Allied soldiers parachuted behind German line and dropped bombs. The next morning ships approached beaches with men and supplies. They built forces in France and had 90,000 vehicles and 10,000 men with them. Hitler was furious and ordered his troops to join the fight. In August, Allied troops tried to move into the Netherland but the Germans were successful in stopping them. Allied troops won Eindhoven and Nijmegen but the Germans won British ‘Red Devil’ troops at Arnhem.Although the Germans had that successful feat, Allied forces reigned almost all of France.

The invasion of D-Day is the largest joint sea born invasion in the history of the world. Although very well planned, the amphibious landings were a gamble made by the Allied forces to gain foothold in Europe. Every American has heard about the Allied invasion of German-occupied Western Europe on D-Day. However, how many Americans stop and think about how much planning, preparation and luck that went into making it the success that it is remembered for? I will attempt to depict what it took to conquer the Normandy beaches using historical and military facts that make it such an iconic event in the world’s history still today.