D-Day
D-Day
Silas Hanegraaf
The commendable victory of the D-day invasion was due to an important location; this location neutralized the Nazi army because the Allied powers had many supplies stored in Great Britain to prepare for the attack. D-day proved to be one of the most powerful invasions in history since it was a monolithic turning point of World War II. D-day proved to be important because of the outstanding overtaking of Omaha Beach and the massive death toll that occurred on that monumental day. The D-day invasion or also known as the Operation Overlord that occurred on June 6th, 1944, was an invasion that was prepared for with much training to stop Germany from gaining any more power in Europe. Back in June of 1941, the Germans attacked the Russians. However, the Russians didn’t counteract until December. The attack the Russians gave in December was not their full attack because they did not want to take on Germany alone, so they made Allies with America and Britain. Before the Allies could plan an invasion against the Germans, they had to enroll a supreme commander, which took months to do. The chosen commander was General Dwight D. Eisenhower by British generals. The plan by the commander was to liberate Western Europe, and the first move to do this was the invasion, but the debate was between whether to attack Normandy or Calais. What brought this choice to a conclusion was that Germany expected Americans to attack on Calais because of the amount of suffering there, so America instead, attacked Normandy on D-day. All the planning of this strategic part in World War II needed great focus to accomplish, and these men who set this invasion towards Normandy should be admired for their accomplishment. (Drez, 2004)
The British and American invasion of France was to depart from the ports in the South of England. D-day was actually chosen for the date of June 5th but was postponed to the later day on June 6th because of rough seas “D-day occurred June
Silas Hanegraaf
The commendable victory of the D-day invasion was due to an important location; this location neutralized the Nazi army because the Allied powers had many supplies stored in Great Britain to prepare for the attack. D-day proved to be one of the most powerful invasions in history since it was a monolithic turning point of World War II. D-day proved to be important because of the outstanding overtaking of Omaha Beach and the massive death toll that occurred on that monumental day. The D-day invasion or also known as the Operation Overlord that occurred on June 6th, 1944, was an invasion that was prepared for with much training to stop Germany from gaining any more power in Europe. Back in June of 1941, the Germans attacked the Russians. However, the Russians didn’t counteract until December. The attack the Russians gave in December was not their full attack because they did not want to take on Germany alone, so they made Allies with America and Britain. Before the Allies could plan an invasion against the Germans, they had to enroll a supreme commander, which took months to do. The chosen commander was General Dwight D. Eisenhower by British generals. The plan by the commander was to liberate Western Europe, and the first move to do this was the invasion, but the debate was between whether to attack Normandy or Calais. What brought this choice to a conclusion was that Germany expected Americans to attack on Calais because of the amount of suffering there, so America instead, attacked Normandy on D-day. All the planning of this strategic part in World War II needed great focus to accomplish, and these men who set this invasion towards Normandy should be admired for their accomplishment. (Drez, 2004)
The British and American invasion of France was to depart from the ports in the South of England. D-day was actually chosen for the date of June 5th but was postponed to the later day on June 6th because of rough seas “D-day occurred June