Why The Allies Won The Battle Of Normandy

In the words of Dwight D. Eisenhower, the commander of operation D-day, “The eyes of the world are upon you. The hopes and prayers of liberty-loving people everywhere march with you.” This inspired people to not give up fighting for the world. Eisenhower was the commander of operation D-day where the troops would attack five beaches in France. The events of D-day were a major turning point in World War II. First, the state of conflict in Europe had significant effects on D-day. Second, most of D-day’s goals were accomplished during the attacks. Third, the events of D-day were very crucial for winning the war.

In 1944, the United States war effort in Europe was just starting to pick up. Even though the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor occurred just three years prior, the growing power of the Third Reich could not be ignored. During this time, France was already occupied by Nazi Germany and Hitler's war machine was on the path of conquering all of Eurasia. In an attempt to combat this immense threat, the U.S. formulated a plan to engage the German forces through an invasion of Normandy. This bloody offensive would be remembered in infamy as D-Day. Shortly before this violent clash of U.S. and German forces, the inexperienced men of the United States Third Army was given an encouraging and inspiring speech by the four star general George S. Patton.

On June 6th 1944, the U.S. and allied forces executed an amphibious assault named Operation Neptune, commonly known as D-Day, along the north-western coastline region of France. The operation covered in this paper will discuss a key battle during the Invasion of Normandy. The Invasion of Normandy was a successful operation focused towards German-occupied Western Europe during World War II. This paper will also cover a brief history and key points of The Battle of Omaha Beach. Critical reasoning and battle analysis will be expressed through what intelligence assets were applied, utilized and available during the time era. The analysis outcome will lead to an expressed alternative ending on The Battle of Omaha Beach. A detailed explanation of how intelligence assets could have been used to change the course of the battle will defend the explained alternative ending discussed. The main points of discussion will include Adolf Hitler’s decision to move most of his tank divisions and infantry units 150 miles north to Calais, the significance of the highly effective group known as the French Resistance and a famous illusionist Jasper Maskelyne.

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.

This battle in France was known as Operation Overlord. For 37 days after the initial invasion, the 319th GFAR provided continuous fire support for

Each soldier had objectives to complete that would make the invasion from the sea go a bit easier. One way the paratroopers led to the success of Normandy was how they captured French towns and cities. This aided the Allies because a lot of said towns and cities could have been communication centers. With these towns taken, it would be easier to send and receive messages. Also, the towns could connect major roadways to one another. When supplies such as trucks with ammo and other useful equipment came through, they could easily get to where they were needed. Another way that the paratroopers led to the success of the invasion was how they took or destroyed gun batteries and cannons that would be able to fire down onto the beaches or the ships that supported the landings. With the weapons still intact, the Germans could cause a lot more casualties to the invading force than what really happened Finally, the paratroopers led to success at Normandy by taking important roadways and bridges. After the initial invasion happened, tanks and supplies would need a way to get inland quickly and easily if the Germans managed to blow up the bridges, these important supplies wouldn’t be able to go over the rivers and canals without waiting for a new, unreliable one to be built. In conclusion, the paratroopers were a major factor to the invasion and was one of the biggest

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.

This event occurred on June 6th, 1944, where the American and British armies landed on Normandy France beaches. This landing was not only the biggest amphibious operation in history, but the most thoroughly planned and practiced (Ambrose, pg. 48). 170,000 soldiers prepared for this operation through months of practice, whether they were American, Canadian, or British. In attempt to cease the offenses, Hitler built the Atlantic Wall. The Atlantic Wall consisted of reinforced concrete forts, trenches, minefields, and anti-landing craft devices of all kinds, and it was backed up by panzer(tank) divisions and was manned by battle-hardened Nazis (Ambrose, pg. 48).

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).

Operation Whitecoat, earlier called project Camp Detrick-22, was an experiment during World War II that was sought out by the United States Army. The army used volunteers or chose people to carry out their medical research, the test subjects later got the nickname the “Whitecoats”. These people were then injected with bacteria containing tularemia and Q fever, these ailments were thought to be likely illnesses that the soldiers would get. Once they were injected with this they were then were treated with antibiotics to cure the illnesses, the goal was to determine the correct doses of antidote to cure the ailments. The reward of being used as a “guinea pig” was that they got 2 weeks of leave.

The Normandy Invasion may have been the single most important battle on the Western Front of World War II. Much planning went into the siege of these beaches that ensured a tough, but inevitable victory, as well as other factors, such as the exploitation of the Germans’ ignorance of the attack.

Eisenhower of the Allied Expeditionary Force. It is infamously known as the greatest invasion in the history of war. The United States alongside its allies the UK, Australia, Canada and eight other countries all participated in this amphibious invasion that would change the war and course of history. The reason this would change the war is because once the Allied Expeditionary Forces landed on the beaches in France the war was now on two fronts, which was a major problem for the Germany. The Nazis had previously forced the British out of France and back across the channel at Dunkirk in May ,1940 so the success of this operation was vital to the Allies and any hope they had to stop the Nazi war machine. The security levels that were made to protect the secret of this operation were top level, everything was classified and all travel to everyone involved including officers was revoked. The planning of this operation took years and was conceived in 1943, it was thought D-Day was initially supposed to be on June 5th but unfortunately due to bad weather the operation was delayed a day. Operation Overlord started around 1:30 a.m. when the the allied forces dropped over 13,000 men inland of France, the job for these Paratroopers were to secure the coastal cities in Normandy, they were also there to support the amphibious landings on Utah, Omaha, Juno and Sword

The first troops deployed into battle were paratroopers. Over thirteen thousand U.S. paratroopers were dropped by an armada of C-47s behind German lines before dawn. Their mission was to seize bridges, disrupt communications, and prevent German soldiers from reinforcing the Normandy beaches as the Allied assault hit the coastline (Alberecht). Heavy cloud coverage made for difficult navigation and forced many of the paratroopers to jump “blind”. This resulted in them being scattered over a 100-square mile radius. Thirty-five percent of these soldiers landed at their designated drop point, while many others died when they landed in fields flooded by the Germans. Despite all of this, the remaining troops were able to secure their intended positions (Dry).

The Allies planned a large raid on German occupied territory, the objective was the French port of Dieppe. Canadians were shot at before they could even hit the beach, the towering cliffs were lined with enemy pillboxes, howitzers, and mortars which couldn’t be destroyed due to the cancelled Allied air strike. Those who managed to make it to the beach either got shot down by machine gun fire or later surrendered at the sea wall. This disaster demonstrated the need to improve communication as well as how effective air bombings to take out enemy defences, support assault troops with artillery fire from sea, and improving techniques and equipment would be. Led to Canadians planning meticulously for the Normandy Campaign.

”Send forth the boys,” said Golda Meir in,1972. The Munich Massacre had just happened and all around the world people were in hysteria and disbelief. The Israeli people were in shock, but it didn't take long to retaliate. When Meir said these words it set in motion the operation, Operation Wrath of God. Operation Wrath of God gave justice to the Jews after the Munich Massacre.