Ally Sheedy

Operation HUSKY was ultimately an Allied victory that met its objectives, but its planning and execution highlighted significant deficiencies in command and control and integration of Allied forces. Senior commanders, primarily General Eisenhower and British General Alexander, failed to adequately provide their staffs and subordinate commanders with clear intent, nor did they fully exploit the combined ground, air, and naval capabilities available to them. This essay identifies the shortcomings…

Canada's Contribution to the Allied Effort Canadian Military Contributions were essential to win WWII. Ortona, D-Day-Juno Beach, and The Liberation of the Netherlands are three critical conflicts that Canadian Army and Navy conquered to deliver victory to the Allied effort. Through the hard work, courage, and great sacrifices of Canadian soldiers and the Allied forces, German forces surrendered on May 7th, 1945, and on May 8th, 1945 Victory in Europe (V-E) Day was declared. Canada proved a…

Operation HUSKY, the Allied invasion of Sicily launched in July of 1943 was one of the largest joint operations of the Second World War. By mid-August, the Allies captured Messina, the campaign’s key strategic objective. A literal as well as a developmental stepping-stone between the Allies’ victory in North Africa and the invasion of Hitler’s Fortress Europe, HUSKY was an important Allied victory. However, it was an imperfect victory, diminished by the escape of over 100,000 Axis soldiers.…

Concentration Camp Liberators During the Second World War, as the Allies invaded Germany, the job of special units of soldiers called liberators was to liberate Nazi concentration camps scattered throughout Germany and other parts of Europe. These concentration camps were the housing of what the Germans called their prisoners of war. However, in reality, these camps were the areas or starvation, forced labor, and precise execution of tens of thousands of Jews and other minorities under Hitler’s…

August 19, 1942 and the Allied forces were faced with a situation that was harsh. Germany had taken over most of Europe by this time and had pushed the Allies back to Britain which in turn, weakened their forces. The weakened Allied forces could not go on with their invasion of Western Europe so they pronounced a raid on the Germans through the seaside town of Dieppe, France. Was the battle at Dieppe a strategic effort or was it an act of senseless slaughter? The Dieppe Raid was an operation…

An example of this is in the Gallagher Girls series by Ally Carter. This series focuses on five characters who are teen spies, that attend a private spy school reserved only for girls. The girls exceed the intelligence of any other their age, having to go through rigorous training- both mental and physical…

criticism that surrounds Montgomery’s D-day+ plan, and this problem surrounds the Battles of Caen and Falaise. This criticism of Montgomery comes from his apparent lack of accepting adaptation when an operation doesn 't go as planned. For instance, the Allies did not capture Caen in the timely fashion Montgomery had thought, although instead of acknowledging the fact that his plan had backfired, he simply stated thats the way he planned it. Montgomery highly disliked admitting that he was…

the Allied forces was the battle of Normandy Landing on Omaha Beach, also known as Operation Overlord. By dawn of June 6th, 1944, Allied parties began appearing on Normandy beach while being repeatedly fired by heavy artillery and gunshot fires. The Allies eventually overtook the Germans after approximately 24 hours of constant exchanging fires. Films like The Longest Day, based on WWII veteran Cornelius Ryan’s book highlights the soldiers in general while Saving Private Ryan, directed by Steven…

Study the area of operation. 1. Weather: The rains that hit the area caused muddy quagmire, this caused the Allies to slow down and take a defensive stance. The U.S II Corp sent its troops to the Western and Eastern Dorsal ranges to protect an enemy trying to flee the…

thought to be oblivious, desperate for salvation with their furrowed brows. I hoped everything that I could provide some sort of happy ending for these folks. They were just like any of us. The outlook before my deployment seemed hopeful as the Allies made great strides in our offensive across Europe towards Germany, but that was until the Germans saw a weakness causing a bulge offensive my Germany. I was assigned to the 83rd Infantry Division of the United States Army for this…