The Battle of Normandy

It is very intriguing when someone who is related has personal experiences with major events such as World War II. My Great-Great Uncle Angelo was one of those ‘special’ people. I thought it would be very interesting to learn more about his involvement during such a tragic time in our world. He was in deployed to five places . Some major battles he was in were the Battle of the Bulge and Omaha Beach and I researched those because I did not know much about what happened.

One of the most complex military maneuvers of all time was the Allied invasion of Europe by way of the Normandy beaches of northern France. The carefully orchestrated invasion essential to the defeat of Hitler. The Supreme Allied Commander, who was General Dwight D. Eisenhower. Later to become president of the United States. The invasion took place on June 6, 1944. The weather so terrible that the invasion was delayed for a full day. American troops landing on Utah Beach. Encountered only mild resistance at first. In contrast, the landing at Omaha Beach much more treacherous. The coast itself was extremely dangerous, the landing took place too far off shore, and the Germans had double the forces at this site. Other Allied forces the British

“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,

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.

June 6th 1944 will be the most important invasion of world war two. The invasion of Normandy, France was the turning point of world war two. In the invasion of D-Day over 425,000 Allied and German troops were either killed or wounded. An examination of primary and secondary sources will reveal the historical importance of this event.

On June 6th, 1944, the main Allied forces of World War 2 conducted Operation Overlord, now known as D-Day: the greatest invasion in military history. This was a major turning point in the war, however the win was surprising. Germanic and Nazi soldiers should have won the battles on and around the Normandy beaches that day for a multitude of reasons: firstly, they had the rest of France, meaning that Nazis could bring in materials safely, easily, and quickly, and as the Germans were there first, they had time to fortify the area with better defense such as anti-tank guns and minefields; secondly, they had better ground on many beaches, such as the cliffs on Omaha and the dunes on Juno; and finally, they had better equipment such as clothing designed to survive harsher weather conditions, and more rations to survive on. For these reasons, Nazi soldiers should have won the infamous 1944 invasion.

NORMANDY - The Battle of Normandy that took place during World War II, which lasted from June 1944 until August 1944. The codename for this operation was Operation Overload and then 14 000 Canadians took part, who were assigned 8 kilometers. This took place at Brittany coast of France at Normandy beach codename for “Juno beach.” Many of the soldiers who participated in the war were from the Allied forces – the Unites States, The Britain, and Canada. But, there were also troops from Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Australia, France, Greece, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, and Poland.

This battle started on June 6th, 1944, at 6:30 o’clock, Normandy. The Invasion of Normandy was the invasion by Western Allied forces in Normandy and establishment of Western Allied forces in Normandy, in Operation Overlord in 1944 during World War two, it is the largest amphibious invasion to ever take place. Canada, America, British, and France were the main role in the Allies to joined the war. Allies landed from five different beaches, they were sword beach, Utah beach, Juno beach, Gold beach and Omaha beach. Allies air force also dispatched and bombing German military. As a result, Allies won this battle, in the end of this battle allies was successful to landed. The Allies won in this battle means German Nazi will fight with to military force. And Germany could not get chance to adjust their strategies. As a result, Allies recaptured the majority of land. This battle ended with Germany failure on 21 August, 1944. The main goal was landed in the Juno beach. At first, soldiers crossed the beach readily, this condition was benefit to terrain. In the first attacking wave about half soldier casualty reached up. In the afternoon Canadian troops joined forces with British troops went to Gold beach. By the end of this battle, about 200,000 German soldiers defunct. And about 209,000 allies dead because of Normandy invasion, among those were more than 18,700 Canadian soldiers sacrificed. Canadian lose lots of soldiers in this battle, but Canada is the main role to make this battle successful landed Juno

After the war had begun 16% died on the first day most of it was from the guys jumping out of the planes and still dropping with their parachutes. Their where boats exploding and catching on fire from hitting mines buried in the sand. Most boats had to let down their ramps in head-high waters. Many soldiers drowned from heavy loads on their backs. If any soldier got stuck in the 50 mile stretch of barb wire they had along the beach they would be easily seen and big targets. The allies wanted to attack on high tide so they could get closer and avoid any mines buried in the sand and any hedgehogs{ big wood posts sticking out of the sand to stop any vehicles from getting on to the beach. The allies split up the Americans took Utah and Omaha, British at Gold and Sword, and the Canadians at Juno {

According to Sun Tzu’s book, The Art of War, he states, “All war is based on deception” (“D-Day as a Parable”). The Allied Invasion of Normandy, code named Operation Overlord, on June 6, 1944, was considered the most decisive and deceptive battle in Western Europe between the Allied and the Axis powers. The Allies were led by Britain, France, and the United States in the Western front and the Soviet Union in the Eastern front. The Axis powers were led by Germany, Italy, and Japan, but the Normandy Invasion was only against the Nazi regime in the German controlled parts of Western Europe. In order to prevent Germany from obtaining more land in Russia and Western Europe it was necessary for the Allied forces to open a second front at

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).

The strategies used by both the Allies and the Germans at Normandy played a major role in the outcome of the war. To start off, there were many reasons for D-Day, which was codenamed Operation Overlord. It was the beginning of the invasion of Europe starting with France. Had the Allies not gone forward with the operation, the Nazi party would most likely have maintained its reign of power for a prolonged period of time, therefore prolonging the war as well.(Lusted)

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.

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).