On June 6, 1944 the allied armies of World War II launched the largest land, air, and sea operation ever undertaken, codenamed “operation overlord.” With an allied force of more than 150,000 troops, 5,000 ships and 800 aircrafts attacking 50 miles north of France’s Normandy coastline. On this day more than 6,000 troops are wounded, and 4,000 dead. You may be thinking this is a lot of casualty’s, but compared to the total 250,000+ allied troops this was a big victory and a major turning point in the war, resulting in the eventual surrender of the Germans.
The plan was made up of five amphibious landings on beaches Juno, Omaha, Utah Sword, and Gold, and two airborne attacks, one in the region of Caen and another on the southeast corner of the Cotentin peninsula. The planning took about one year, on November, 1943, Joseph Stalin, Winston Churchill, and Franklin D. Roosevelt met in Iran to discuss the war and decided to take action in France and invade it in the spring of 1944. They had grouped up Generals George Marshall, Dwight Eisenhower, Bernard Montgomery, Omar Bradley, Bertram Ramsey, Walter Bedell-Smith, Arthur Tedder and Trafford Leigh-Mallory to draw up …show more content…
Two months later on August 25, Allied troops liberate Paris after 4 years of German occupation with the help of the French resistance. By mid-December 1944, Hitler orders a quarter-million troops across Luxemburg to pushback and divide the allied forces. The German troops then advance 50 miles into the Allied lines, creating a deadly “bulge” into allied defenses, this event is known today as the battle of the bulge. After the battle of the bulge ended with a defeat and the Germans retreat. The U.S. president franklin Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet leader joseph Stalin meet again in February. The U.S. and Brittan agreed to allow Stalin control eastern Europe after the
The plan was made up of five amphibious landings on beaches Juno, Omaha, Utah Sword, and Gold, and two airborne attacks, one in the region of Caen and another on the southeast corner of the Cotentin peninsula. The planning took about one year, on November, 1943, Joseph Stalin, Winston Churchill, and Franklin D. Roosevelt met in Iran to discuss the war and decided to take action in France and invade it in the spring of 1944. They had grouped up Generals George Marshall, Dwight Eisenhower, Bernard Montgomery, Omar Bradley, Bertram Ramsey, Walter Bedell-Smith, Arthur Tedder and Trafford Leigh-Mallory to draw up …show more content…
Two months later on August 25, Allied troops liberate Paris after 4 years of German occupation with the help of the French resistance. By mid-December 1944, Hitler orders a quarter-million troops across Luxemburg to pushback and divide the allied forces. The German troops then advance 50 miles into the Allied lines, creating a deadly “bulge” into allied defenses, this event is known today as the battle of the bulge. After the battle of the bulge ended with a defeat and the Germans retreat. The U.S. president franklin Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet leader joseph Stalin meet again in February. The U.S. and Brittan agreed to allow Stalin control eastern Europe after the