A Very Brief Look At The Battle Of Normandy

The Battle of Normandy, also known as D-Day occurred on June 6, 1944 on the coastline of France’s Normandy region. The battle was codenamed Operation Overlord along with other names such as Operation Neptune. The Allied forces, The US, Canada, the soviet Union, and Great Britain, landed on the Normandy beaches; which marked the start of the long, costly campaign to free north-west Europe from Nazi German forces. General Dwight Eisenhower had been appointed the commander of Operation Overlord in January 1944. The allied invasion of France was long anticipated and thoroughly thought out. For months the allied forces trained in Britain, waiting for the Eisenhower to set a date. D-Day was the start and the ultimate key to the fight to take back Europe.
The D-Day Invasion plans started out by the united states president Franklin D Roosevelt as an idea to gain france back from german control. For the plan to be a success they needed backing from other allied powers. In November of 1943, The three leaders of the allied forces met in Iran to discuss the war. They decided that they had to take action in France in spring of 1944. The initial plans for the invasion included paratroopers getting air dropped and leading the charge into france by locking down the roads and bridges which
The name of this exercise was Operation Tiger, it was a large scale practice for the soldiers to be able to work together. Operation Tiger was scheduled to be happening on May 1, 1944; however, due to the D- Day occurring soon they bumped it up to April 1, 1944. “However by that date the Allies still did not have enough landing crafts to proceed. The operation was pushed back until June 5th of the same year.” Operation Tiger resulted in the death of almost 800 service members due to friendly fire and lack of communication with so many