Normandy Invasion Dbq

In was the 6th of June, 1944 a notorious event took place during the last years of world war 2 known as D-day but also known commonly as the “Battle of Normandy”(SourceF).the Normandy invasion was the turning point against the Nazi’s in the war and her reign of terror upon the citizens of western Europe. This invasion was a combination of the allies which were the USA ,Canada and the UK (Britain).This event was seen to be a unexpected invasion to the Germans by the changes in the targets(Source I), by the Allied forces to liberate the Northern France with the means of the beach landings in Normandy.( Source E). During the time of the planning of this invasion Hitler was still in power but at confusion (Source I) and had heard about the plans the allies had destined for them and was starting to get uncomfortable. This was when the Allies realized that it was time to liberate Europe (Source F).
The question that has and is still bothering people often is that why did it come down to such an event that lost many …show more content…
(Source I). This was an operation that was clearly studied and devised in a strategic way to make sure that it was efficient without any problems. The Allies got people from all over to be able to study every detail on the areas taken over by the Nazi and this was usually done by double-agents that would seek information for the Allies and also give off false tips to the Germans about the plans of on the invasion and the target. The place was Pas-de-Calais (Calais). (Source G). The Allies did their careful research also with the means of low-level aerial reconnaissance photos, French holiday guide books, which would be filled with maps, BBC asked for holiday photos of which 10 million were sent. This helped the Allies to get a clear indication at the land size and the surface areas and some sailing books to be able to study the waters around and nearby beaches as their safest bet. (Source