Battle Of Normandy Research Paper

The Battle of Normandy is a well known battle between the Axis and the Allied powers and is widely known for being a major turning point in the war and the main factor for the liberation of Western Europe, but have you ever wondered how it started? What gave the Allied powers the upper hand in this battle. How were they able to survive this brutal massacre and make it past enemy lines. You have heard all the legends and been told an overview of Normandy and D-day. Now, here is the story and all the brutally gruesome truths to war, and it all started June 6, 1944, D-day.
Hitler was hearing rumors of a invasion from the Allied powers put Erwin Rommel in charge of defenses and put him in charge of finishing the Atlantic Walls. The Allied Powers …show more content…
Hitler determined that Normandy was just a distraction didn’t move his troop away from the English Channel. Instead he called reinforcements from farther inland making a delay in reinforcements and Gave the Allies enough time to pass Nazi defences. On June 11, the beaches of Normandy were secured 326,000 troops, 50,000 vehicles and 100,000 tons of supplies were on Normandy and ready to move inland for the liberation of France. The Allied Air force bombed bridges and exits and the remaining German troops were trapped. By June the Allies had taken back the port of Cherbourg which was vital to the Germans supplies. By then they had 850,000 men and 150,000 vehicles across the French countryside. By the end of August 1944 The Allied troops had advanced to the Seine river and had liberated Paris. Having Worked their way across Paris they headed to Germany to meet with the Soviet Army who started the invasion of Germany. With France liberated the Germans had a loss of thousands of Troops they could call on for reinforcements to protect them against the Invasion they were facing from The Allied Powers since a majority of their troops were defending France and the English Channel Germany was practically defenseless against the Allied and Soviet invasion. The Allied Powers had obtained Victory at Normandy and liberation of France Victory came at a price for the Allied Powers. Just at Omaha Beach 2,000 American lives were taken and by the end of the day 4,000 confirmed deaths with thousand wounded or MIA. After the whole battle of Normandy was over 83,045 deaths from British, Canadian and Polish forces combined. From the U.S ground forces alone 125,847deaths in the battle of Normandy. From D-day alone 4,414 confirmed deaths with at least 10,000 casualties(casualties referring to the number of wounded, MIA and deaths). German casualties are estimated to be