A Very Brief Look At The D-Day Invasion

The Invasion “D-Day”
Jaylan Foster
Ranger College

Abstract During the time of World War 2, the combined forces of Britain, America, Canada, and France attacked German forces on June 6, 1944. This group of forces was called the Allies. This famous battle called D-Day happened on the coast of Normandy, France. The Allies had over 150,000 soldiers prepared to fight for Europe. Although the weather was bad and the battle was almost rescheduled, they decided not to and fought through the cold morning. This attack turned World War 2 around by getting the rule away from the Germans. Most would go to say that it was the beginning of the end of the war.
The planning was very well thought out, and was very time consuming to say in the least. Before General Eisenhower, the Supreme Commander of the Allies decided on June 6, 1944 as the date, the force trained for months on end, waiting for the day to be said. There was a lot to compose the attack, such as aircrafts, and ships. The aircrafts bombed German forces and helped to prepare the ground for attack. Once the forces landed on ground they made their way inland. Soon Operation Overlord, the name of the invasion, was in full effect as the allied forces wedged Germans between the Russian forces coming in from the east, and themselves. This battle, D-Day, aka Operation Overlord, was the beginning and the highest strategy to take back Europe from
Resources were needed to travel, and fight with. Due to this, several new tanks and vehicles were constructed. One of the new tanks was the Sherman Crab flail tank. The overall plan was to separate the beaches into five sections, and take them on a wide, overall front. Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno, and Sword were the codenamed beaches. The Americans would invade Utah and Omaha. Britain and Canada would take Gold, Juno and Sword. In addition to having secret names, they had a “Secret Army” which was mostly French Resistance groups. There were ships to transport the forces, and to hold a beachhead. The main plan of the battle was to have aircrafts bomb German forces and cause an easier attack. If it weren’t for the planes, there may not have been as much success. In the spring of 1944, they flew over the areas of France that were invaded, and took photographs of the vicinities, and all of the defenses. One of the main missions in the weeks before the actual battle was to have the objectives of taking out the German’s radar installations. Railroad attacks also took place in order to immobilize the German forces. In addition, the plane had “phantom missions” in which they flew over Pas de Calais in order to fool them into thinking that they were going to attack there. There were also fake tanks and dummies at Pas de Calais to make them think that was where they were going to