...Before the start of the Normandy Beach landings or better known as “D-Day” the U.S. and their allies were well at work preparing for a massive attack. With so much preparation and thoughtout plans the allies felt confident. Yet with so much confidence and such a big attack something is bound to go bad. Going into D-Day the allied forces underestimated the German forces and their defense. To their knowing the germans had no clue of their attack. But even if they may of not known of their attack they were just as well prepared as the allies. February 12,1844 the US and allied forces began their extensive preparation for their long aim of defeating the German forces. After a long period of time of no cooperation due to different ideologies of how to proceed with the invasion of Europe. The United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt and the British Prime Minister Winston Churchill had to intervene to ensure that the invasion was a unified effort. Due to the leaders interference the allied forces set their efforts high and created a strategic plan to attack the German forces at five different beachheads along with one massive airborne assault....
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...the article (https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/world-war-ii-history) ‘’Hitler swiftly consolidated power, anointing himself Führer (supreme leader) in 1934. Obsessed with the idea of the superiority of the “pure” German race, which he called “Aryan,” Hitler believed that war was the only way to gain the necessary “Lebensraum,” or living space, for that race to expand’’ That shows that Hitler thought of himself as the most important person or important leader in the world. According to the article(https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/world-war-ii-history) ‘’Hitler and Soviet Leader Joseph Stalin signed the German-Soviet Non-aggression pact, which incited a frenzy of worry in london and Paris, Hitler had long planned an invasion of poland, a nation to which Great Britain and France had guaranteed military support if it was attacked by Germany’’ So, that means if Hitler was to attack poland, Germany would be attacked by France and Britain. But with the non-aggression pact according to the article (https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/world-war-ii-history) ‘’The pact with Stalin mean’t that Hitler would not face a war on two fronts once he invaded poland, and would have soviet assistance in conquering and dividing the nation itself’’ That shows that if Hitler was to go and attack Poland Stalin would have to help during the war. But soon the attack that Hitler planned went into action, according to the article (https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/world-war-ii-history)...
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...Dwight D. Eisenhower once said, “The supreme quality for leadership is unquestionably integrity. Without it, no real success is possible, no matter whether it is on a section gang, a football field, in an army, or in an office.”Over 11 countries were involved in the Operation Overlord.Even though was it a move to win the war, or a huge risk, because it was the bloodiest invasion, also taking 24 days to successfully complete, It was the largest invasion in WWII history. Storming the beaches of Normandy put fear into the eyes of the allies.("D-Day Overview.1.") Blanketed by small-arms fire and bracketed by artillery, they found themselves in hell(“D-Day Overview.1”). The boat ramp goes down, then jump, swim, run, and crawl to the beaches(“D-Day...
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...World War II was the biggest war in the modern world. An estimated 3% of the population was decimated during the war, equating to about 50-80 million. It also supported the most amount of countries involved in a single war. This included the United States. When the United States was dragged into the war, we had to turn the tides to allied favor, and we helped contribute to the largest amphibious invasion ever. This was the invasion of Normandy, or the common name, D-Day. D-Day was one of the most important invasions because it paved the way for the Allies to push the Nazi regime back to their original borders. Japan’s expansionist ideas is the main reason for the United States’ getting into the war. In 1941, the United States had imposed...
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...on German gun batteries placed at the Normandy assault area, while 3,000 Allied ships cross the English Channel in preparation for the invasion of Normandy—D-Day. The day of the invasion of occupied France had been postponed repeatedly since May, mostly because of bad weather and the enormous tactical obstacles involved. Finally, despite less than ideal weather conditions—or perhaps because of them—General Eisenhower decided on June 5 to set the next day as D-Day, the launch of the largest amphibious operation in history. Ike knew that the Germans would be expecting postponements beyond the sixth, precisely because weather conditions were still poor. Among those Germans confident...
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...The year was 1944 and Hitler’s Nazi Germany controlled all of Europe except for the British Islands and the neutral countries of Spain Switzerland, and parts of Italy. The British had held out long enough for the United States to enter the war and now things were starting to look up. Everyone, including Hitler, knew that an invasion of Europe was imminent, what they did not know was when or where the invasion would take place. The Allied supreme Commander Dwight D. Eisenhower and his staff had decided on a plan code named Operation Overlord. The invasion was scheduled to take place on June 5th 1944; weather would push the date back to June 6th 1944, on the beaches of Normandy. The British and Canadian forces would hit Juno, Sword, and Gold while the American forces hit Utah and Omaha. Of all the beaches one would stand out among the rest as the bloodiest, hardest, and most remembered of them all, Omaha beach also know as “bloody Omaha”(Visions from A T.C. abroad pg online). Omaha beach was the beach second from the right in the proposed landing places. (Omaha beach June 6th 1944 pg online) Omaha was the only place to land in a 20 mile stretch of land between Utah and British beaches”(The Second Front WWII ). It was a 6 miles stretch of beach that had an inward curve making it even easier to defend as positions on either end could cover more of the beach and concentrate fire towards the center. Overlooking the entire beach was a cliff one hundred feet high (Visions from A...
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...D Day: The Battle of Normandy The Battle of Normandy or “D-Day” was the beginning of the end World War II. With over 20,000 American lives lost in a span of one single day, it was the bloodiest battle to date that the Americans have ever been involved in. The allied forces were made up of American, British, Polish, Canadian, and Free French Armies all under the command of General Eisenhower. General Eisenhower was named the Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces by President Roosevelt in December 1943. At which point he dedicated all his available time to planning the invasion of France. (Williams, 2000) Several years of meticulous planning went into every detail of the climactic battle of World War II. (Ambrose, 1995) Operation Overlord was the code name used by allied forces when referring to the invasion of Normandy. This invasion involved more than 150,000 men and 5,000 ships. Alongside General Eisenhower were the Deputy Supreme Commander; British Air Chief Marshal Arthur W. Tedder, British Admiral Bertram H. Ramsay who was appointed naval commander, and Trafford L. Leigh-Mallory who was appointed commander of the air forces. Part of the successful outcome of the invasion came from elaborate plans to deceive the German Army. Operation Fortitude was the name of the plan that had Germans thinking that massive Allied forces were concentrated in Kent. A fake army led by General George S. Patton was put in place to keep the German High Command guessing...
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...Dwight D. Eisenhower Dwight D. Eisenhower is arguably the most recognizable military commander of the 20th century. His success in WWII played a huge role in the United States victory in Europe. It is extremely remarkable that Eisenhower actually had no field command experience before WWII (Chen). He clearly possessed naturally leadership qualities that complimented his strategic knowledge. From the beaches of Normandy, to the western front of Germany, General Eisenhower commanded the Allies. If it a lesser man was in charge the outcome of the war and the world we live in today could have been very different. Eisenhower was born in Denison, Texas on October 14th, 1890. He grew up in Kansas in a poor family. Eisenhower was known as a good athlete and a hard worker. In 1915 he graduated from West Point and was stationed in San Antonio as a second lieutenant. The First World War ended right before Eisenhower was scheduled to go, which greatly upset him. He then went on the graduate first in his class from the Command and General Staff College in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Next, the future president served under General John J. Pershing as a military aid. He later served as an aid to General Douglas MacArthur for seven years in the Philippines. In 1939 he returned home just at the outbreak of the Second World War. In September 1941, Eisenhower was promoted to brigadier general. Just three months later Japan bombed Pearl Harbor. Eisenhower was then called to Washington...
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...of June 6, 1944 brought together the land, air and sea forces of the allied armies in what became known as the largest invasion force in human history. The operation, given the codename OVERLORD, delivered five naval assault divisions to the beaches of Normandy, France. The beaches were given the code names UTAH, OMAHA, GOLD, JUNO and SWORD. The invasion force included 7,000 ships and landing craft manned by over 195,000 naval personnel from eight allied countries. Almost 133,000 troops from England, Canada and the United States landed on D-Day. Casualties from the three countries during the landing numbered 10,300. By June 30th, over 850,000 men, 148,000 vehicles, and 570,000 tons of supplies had landed on the Normandy shores. Fighting by the brave soldiers, sailors and airmen of the allied forces western front, and Russian forces on the eastern front, led to the defeat of German Nazi forces. On May 7, 1945, German General Alfred Jodl signed an unconditional surrender at Reims, France. The D-Day operation of June 6, 1944 brought together the land, air and sea forces of the allied armies in what became known as the largest invasion force in human history. The operation, given the codename OVERLORD, delivered five naval assault divisions to the beaches of Normandy, France. The beaches were given the code names UTAH, OMAHA, GOLD, JUNO and SWORD. The invasion force included 7,000 ships and landing craft manned by over 195,000 naval personnel from eight allied countries. Almost...
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...ALLIED BATTLE STRATEGY The attack of Japan on the American fleet at Pearl Harbor resulted in the USA entry into the war in December, 1941. These were the culminating events that required the Allies forces to develop a strategy defeat of the Axis powers. The Allied forces had to work together in order to coordinate actions and win World War II. Hitler’s Germany presented the biggest threat for the Allies. The German army succeeded in its invasion into Europe and started its blitzkrieg strategy, and it seemed that Allies forces ware almost defeated by Hitler. The leaders of the USA, Britain, and Soviet Union had their own opinions on the strategy of the Allies against Axis powers. As Russia was under the threat of defeating, Josef Stalin insisted on Allies’ opening the second front in France as soon as possible. Churchill and Roosevelt claimed that they needed more time to prepare for the invasion. They were convinced that it was more effective to nibble at the edges of the German empire. Thus, they planned to bomb Germany from the air. Despite the different views, Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin had a common aim to win the war, and they came to a joint resolution. During the war, the leaders met several times in order to develop a strategy of the Allies forces victory. As it was planned, in the summer of 1942, Allied forces began its attack against Axis powers. Allies planes began bombing strategic targets in Germany. In the autumn of 1942, Allies began its operation in...
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...The invasion of D-Day The invasion of D-Day was a very important battle during World War II. It was the battle in which the Allies landed on German-controlled beaches in an attempt to gain the upper hand on Hitler and the Axis powers. For me, I learned about the Axis and Allies through playing old WWII video games a s a kid, but not many people actually know what these two words mean or consist of. The Axis powers were the bad guys and consisted of Germany, Italy, and Japan. Oddly enough, Italy switched over to the Allied powers later in the war. The Allies were the supporters of the U.S., the good guys. They consisted of Poland, Britain, and Russia, formerly known as the USSR. The United States was also a part of the Allies but they didn’t join into the fighting until later in the war. A big portion of the credit of the victory on D-Day has to go to the 101st airborne division. They parachuted in and fought from behind enemy lines to flank the Germans from the rear. They had a huge impact on this very crucial battle. D-Day was the beginning of many Allied victories that led to the end of Hitler’s reign. The 101st airborne were a very big asset to the Allies. They were an elite force of skilled paratroopers that were the best of their kind. These highly trained killers were dropped in during the invasion. They actually had a lot of miscommunications on the landing zones and drop sites for these men because of the poor weather conditions. They had planned the invasion to take...
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...never dropped japan they were on the verge of surrendering, and that the Us knew this but they wanted to drop the bombs anyway. But because the documents were never released people will never know. D-day was the beginning of the invasion of Europe during World War Two. It also marked the beginning of the victory in Europe. It was decided to make a decisive thrust for victory. It is the largest invasion in history and consisted of 1,200 fighting ships, 10,000 planes, 4,126 landing craft, 804 transport ships, and hundreds of amphibious and other special purpose tanks. Even though this was the biggest battle it didn't...
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...World War II happened from 1939 to 1945. The Battle of Normandy lasted from June 1944 to August 1944. On June 6th a.k.a. D-Day Operation Overlord began. Operation Overlord was an operation that had about 156,000 American, British, and Canadian forces landed on multiple beaches along a stretch of 50 miles. “Prior to D-Day, the Allies conducted a large-scale deception campaign designed to mislead the Germans about the intended invasion target.” (http://www.history.com/) “In January 1944, General Dwight Eisenhower (1890-1969) was appointed commander of Operation Overlord. In the months and weeks before D-Day, the Allies carried out a massive deception operation intended to make the Germans think the main invasion target was Pas-de-Calais (the...
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...England. The southern Kingdom's power was such that thirteen kings from Alfred the Great to Harold II originated or had some affiliation with Wessex. The only diversion were the three Viking kings, Sweyn Forkbeard, Canute and Hardicanute and of course, William I (The Conqueror ) from Normandy. | It must be remembered that in the 10th and 11th centuries, most of Europe was much different to the way it is now. In those days most countries were operating on a feudal system. European countries were not always run as the king and his loyal subjects. Almost without exception, countries were divided up into regions or compartments that had their own ruling bodies and run by Dukes, Earls or Lords. To make matters worse they were usually at one another’s throats in the pursuit of power. The King of the country had little power over these areas or rulers. Normandy, for instance, the home of William the Conqueror was one such place. This came about when the then King of France, Charles the Simple by way of the treaty of Clair sur Epte in 911, gave away part of his land to the north west, now known as Normandy, to the Viking Rollo. This was on the understanding that he would no longer keep invading them. Normandy, or land of the Northmen, became a duchy....
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...enormous project began in 1942. “After the invasion and subsequent fall of France in 1940, the German army controlled the entire coast of Northern France” (Williams, Brian). Then followed by the evacuation of Dunkirk the Germans had control of the entire French coast line. This means that something had to be planned and built in order to protect the main land from the Allies. On March 23, 1942 the order was given to start building a wall starting with bunkers to be built in key location and a wall over less important areas of coast line. “In the In barely two years it consumed more than 17 million cubic meters of concrete, depriving Hitler’s armaments factories of more than a million metric tons of iron” (Ruthven, Malise). The key areas that required heavy fortification were areas near ports. This was to provide support for the German U-boats which were most vulnerable when entering and leaving their ports. Hitler was sure that the Allies would attack and try and take over a port as a strong hold first. This thought would ultimately prove the demise of the wall. The Allies however did not need to take over a port because a new technological advancement. The Allies created the Mulberry artificial harbor. “Mulberry, either of two artificial harbours designed and constructed by the British in World War II to facilitate the unloading of supply ships off the coast of Normandy, France,...
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