D-Day: The Landing
It was 8:00 a.m. on June 6, 1944, and it was a nice morning in Normandy, France. The water was calm. This was perfect weather for an attack. At 8:30 a.m., D-Day would start.
Arick was one of the commanders of the WWII attack on Omaha Beach. He was a very talented leader. He had successfully commanded Operation Husky in the attack of Italy for Sicily. Arick stood on a stool in landing craft 1.6. He told his troops about what they had planned for the upcoming battle.
“Okay, men, we are going to change the world and make it a better place by defeating the Axis powers!” exclaimed Arick. “Today, think about the battle ahead of us and think positive,” Arick said.
Arick felt very confident for this battle. He thought they would win. He heard the water slapping against the side of the landing craft and the …show more content…
They rushed out and into the water. Immediately, they saw bunkers on the beach, machine gun nests, and cliffs.
“Okay, men, take position behind those anti-tank barricades, and start firing at those bunkers and machine gun nests!” shouted Arick.
They crouched down, crawled to the barricades, and started firing. The machine gun nest had two MG-42s and other machine guns. The bunkers had snipers and rifles. They were all firing at Arick and his troops. Arick was relieved when he looked back to see what was coming behind him: a fleet of landing crafts full of men.
Arick cautiously crawled on his belly towards a boulder in front of a bunker. At the boulder, he turned his back against the rock and thought, I wonder when the tanks will get here? He looked around the boulder at the bunkers and machine gun nests. He saw it was all clear. Arick and his troops had destroyed them. Arick climbed up on the rock and called his men, “It’s all clear, men! We’re going into the forest.” Just then, Arick saw the tanks arrive at the beach. They waited for them to drive from the beach to the
It was 8:00 a.m. on June 6, 1944, and it was a nice morning in Normandy, France. The water was calm. This was perfect weather for an attack. At 8:30 a.m., D-Day would start.
Arick was one of the commanders of the WWII attack on Omaha Beach. He was a very talented leader. He had successfully commanded Operation Husky in the attack of Italy for Sicily. Arick stood on a stool in landing craft 1.6. He told his troops about what they had planned for the upcoming battle.
“Okay, men, we are going to change the world and make it a better place by defeating the Axis powers!” exclaimed Arick. “Today, think about the battle ahead of us and think positive,” Arick said.
Arick felt very confident for this battle. He thought they would win. He heard the water slapping against the side of the landing craft and the …show more content…
They rushed out and into the water. Immediately, they saw bunkers on the beach, machine gun nests, and cliffs.
“Okay, men, take position behind those anti-tank barricades, and start firing at those bunkers and machine gun nests!” shouted Arick.
They crouched down, crawled to the barricades, and started firing. The machine gun nest had two MG-42s and other machine guns. The bunkers had snipers and rifles. They were all firing at Arick and his troops. Arick was relieved when he looked back to see what was coming behind him: a fleet of landing crafts full of men.
Arick cautiously crawled on his belly towards a boulder in front of a bunker. At the boulder, he turned his back against the rock and thought, I wonder when the tanks will get here? He looked around the boulder at the bunkers and machine gun nests. He saw it was all clear. Arick and his troops had destroyed them. Arick climbed up on the rock and called his men, “It’s all clear, men! We’re going into the forest.” Just then, Arick saw the tanks arrive at the beach. They waited for them to drive from the beach to the