Invasion Of Normandy D-Day Research Paper

The invasion of Normandy was a scene of carnage as the United States-led soldiers stormed the beach to gain a foothold in Nazi-held territory. Against an entrenched and battle-hardened force, the soldiers assaulted, wave after wave, against the beachhead. Man and machine were working as one to oppose the forces of a dictator of unspeakable horror. The first few moments, a bloodbath that ensued from men being thrown into the meat grinder that was the Nazi stronghold, was the defining moment of the Allies bringing the fight to Hitler’s doorstep.

The night before the Normandy D-Day, began much like the other previous nights under the tyrant’s rule since pushing to the Atlantic wall. There were some small skirmishes with French resistance fighters, …show more content…
Doors of landing craft opening only to have entire groups of soldiers mowed down in machine gun fire before ever leaving the craft. A veritable bullet storm covers the beach, flying every direction. Explosions rock the shores over and again: mortars, field artillery, shore batteries and defense-softening charges to remove barbwire and crew-served weapon entrenchments. But the Allies must push forward, if not for their lives then for the lives of the comrades and their loved ones. The first hour crawls by for the reserve forces, nothing more than observers, who hear the devastating sounds of two titans clashing in the distance.

Only an hour into the combat, there is already enough blood to stain the English Channel for hundreds of feet out and the sand is no longer brown in many places. The German defenses begin to weaken from the off-shore pounding coupled with the ground assault that now has a foothold on the beach, sometime near 8:00am. About an hour later, near 9:00am, the United States' Ranger element has secured Point-du-Hoc and is ordered to defend it the remainder of the day. Then the reserves forces hear the words that they have dread, anticipated and longed for all at