Should The United States Remain Neutral During World War II?

Introduction The United States originally desired to remain neutral during World War II. The war, however, continued to grow and ultimately the United States knew they could not continue to watch from afar and would have to enter for the sake of its own sovereignty as well as that of its allies. The Allied Forces needed to oust German occupiers from Western Europe and therefore proceeded to plan the largest amphibious and airborne attacks at the time. This analysis will examine the first few days of Operation Overlord.
Approaching ‘D-Day’ By the early 1940s, the war between the Allied Forces and the Axis Forces was well underway. Nazi Germany was spreading its power and influence across Europe and they occupied the majority of Western Europe
The eventual design of the Atlantic Wall was accomplished by Field Marshal Erwin Rommel who understood the capabilities of the British and American air and sea power after having witnessed it first hand in Northern Africa. Because of this, he not only built up the sea, but he additionally laid obstacles further inland where likely landings for glider or parachute infantry might occur. The obstacles placed for them were called Rommel’s asparagus, which were slanted poles with sharpened tops. He built up the coastal defenses as much as possible as he knew that if Germany could not fight off an Allied assault from the beaches that it was likely Germany would be
Their centralized command system caused a very slow response time during the invasion of Normandy which enabled Allied forces to move ahead despite their own issues. This central control continued to hurt Germany because Hitler would not commit further reserve forces to the battle until it was too late. Germany’s large issue of distrust inside of the political system caused the high command to believe their own intelligence services and therefore did not heed their warning that Normandy would not be a diversion but in fact the main assault. Allied forces proved resilient and innovative as they continued to overcome the metaphorical obstacles that stood in their way. During the airborne assault, there were last minute changes that caused deviations to the well- rehearsed delivery plans causing paratroopers to be dropped far from designated drop zones and scattered across enemy territory. Despite the missed targets, the junior officer and the NCOs created random groups of soldiers and continued fighting toward their