d-day
-Operation overload
-Allies open a second front in France against the Germans
-Land on five beaches named Utah and Omaha (American) Juno (Canadian) sword and gold (British and Polish)
-Rommel felt that whoever won the beaches that day would win the war
-Allies open a second front in France against the Germans
-Land on five beaches named Utah and Omaha (American) Juno (Canadian) sword and gold (British and Polish)
-Rommel felt that whoever won the beaches that day would win the war
summary
D-Day, the Allied invasion of Northern Europe on June 6th, 1944, opened up a second front that forced Hitler to send forces west, which took pressure off the Russians. The greatest seaborne invasion in history was on mostly flat, sandy beach along the Normandy coast. British, Canadian, and American soldiers along with smaller numbers of French and Poles, succeeded in establishing a beachhead. (Less than half of the invading force was American.)
It was *not* a "turning point" in the war, as it occurred long after Germany had been forced onto the defensive, and because it was much smaller in scale than battles such as Stalingrad, but D-Day certainly did speed up the process. The war in Europe ended 11 months later.
It was *not* a "turning point" in the war, as it occurred long after Germany had been forced onto the defensive, and because it was much smaller in scale than battles such as Stalingrad, but D-Day certainly did speed up the process. The war in Europe ended 11 months later.