D Day Research Paper

D-day was one of the most important battles and days of the war in Europe in world war 2 and probably the entire war itself. D-day was a day that had lofty goals that consequently required intense planning to succeed and had Intense effects on Europe that can be felt today The goal of D-day was to Establish 5 beachheads in France to eventually help liberate France and eventually all of western Europe from the Germans.During World War 2 Germany had control of most of Europe Including France a key point in Europe. The Allied powers wanted to push Germany out of France and its other captured territories. For the Allies the most pivotal objective of The war in Europe In 1944 was to begin fighting in the western front by beginning in France which was a lofty goal to say the least. US general Dwight D Eisenhower chose to strike Normandy in western France. This plan nicknamed operation Overlord which later became known as D-day was a plan to strike Normandy on June 5 and establish 5 beachheads in France which could …show more content…
General Eisenhower picked June 5th as the day to invade Normandy, but bad weather almost forced them to call the invasion off, but the risky decision was made to move it to the 6th. That Morning allied paratroopers from Britain, Canada, and the U.S landed on the French coast, while Allied planes attacked the German defenses. By midnight on D-day only 132000 troops were on land which was much less than Eisenhower had wanted. The Germans were caught off guard from the assault from the Allies and Hitler, who was convinced that the invasion was just a diversion by the Allies for a much bigger invasion therefore he refused to send reinforcements to the beaches for hours which gave the Allies valuable time to take the beaches and establish defenses. With this pivotal victory over the German Forces the liberation of france and Western Europe had