Mac Elliott
5-14-18
Modern America History
D-Day
D day was one of bloodiest battles that has ever taken place. Its location was very unique because of how the U.S came in on boats on the beach. The U.S brought their troops in boats and that played as a challenge for the U.S. The troops at Omaha beach got out of the boat to water that was higher than their heads. This was very hard for them because of how much weight there was in their backpacks made it hard to swim. The war took place on June 6 1944. D day was a big moment in world war II. The five landing spots that were used were called, Omaha, Juno, Utah, Sword, and Gold. One of the most well known and bloodiest landing spot was omaha beach. Omaha beach was were the U.S landed and it was chaos from the beginning. The germans had the high ground by securing the cliffs and the U.S could do nothing about it. The U.S had nothing but obstacles in front of them with land mines waiting to go off and shooters on the tops of cliffs. …show more content…
The U.S landed on Omaha beach because it was one of the four other landing spots on D day. The plan of all the D day landing were to take over northern France, and then move into Russia. These locations were very helpful with the landings from sea because of how there were beaches and very few cliffs. The beaches were also well in range with the U.S fighter planes (citation 13). Weather also played a very big part in the landings on D day. Dwight Eisenhower had originally selected June 5th as the date that the troops would land. Due to bad weather, the landings had to be delayed for 24
5-14-18
Modern America History
D-Day
D day was one of bloodiest battles that has ever taken place. Its location was very unique because of how the U.S came in on boats on the beach. The U.S brought their troops in boats and that played as a challenge for the U.S. The troops at Omaha beach got out of the boat to water that was higher than their heads. This was very hard for them because of how much weight there was in their backpacks made it hard to swim. The war took place on June 6 1944. D day was a big moment in world war II. The five landing spots that were used were called, Omaha, Juno, Utah, Sword, and Gold. One of the most well known and bloodiest landing spot was omaha beach. Omaha beach was were the U.S landed and it was chaos from the beginning. The germans had the high ground by securing the cliffs and the U.S could do nothing about it. The U.S had nothing but obstacles in front of them with land mines waiting to go off and shooters on the tops of cliffs. …show more content…
The U.S landed on Omaha beach because it was one of the four other landing spots on D day. The plan of all the D day landing were to take over northern France, and then move into Russia. These locations were very helpful with the landings from sea because of how there were beaches and very few cliffs. The beaches were also well in range with the U.S fighter planes (citation 13). Weather also played a very big part in the landings on D day. Dwight Eisenhower had originally selected June 5th as the date that the troops would land. Due to bad weather, the landings had to be delayed for 24