First Allied Airborne Army

The number of Iraqi military prisoners surrendered faster than Central Command could count them, but was estimated that the total exceeded 30,000. After the decimation of the Iraqi Army, an official ceasefire went into effect on 28 February 1991. ARCENT divisions faced the remnants of what was incorrectly assumed to be formidable Iraqi force. Saddam Hussein’s invasion of Kuwait ultimately cost him 3,847 of his 4,280 tanks, more than…

The success of D-Day changed world war ll greatly. D-Day was the first step in Operation Overlord to take back europe from the Nazi Germans. D-Day occured on June 6th, 1944. The assault led to the liberation of France. After the liberation of France, The allies continued their campaign towards Germany. D-Day is the greatest amphibious assault in history. Six allie divisions landed on the multiple beaches of Normandy that day. During the invasion, miss landings on the beaches left Allie…

the codename for the Battle of Normandy, the Allied operation that launched the successful invasion of German-occupied Western Europe during World War II. The operation was launched on 6 June 1944 with the Normandy landings(Operation Neptune, commonly known as D-Day). A 1,200-plane airborne assault preceded an amphibious assault involving more than 5,000 vessels. Nearly 160,000 troops crossed the English Channel on 6 June, and more than two million Allied troops were in France by the end of…

Years after World War I left Europe in shambles, the German economy in ruins and its insurmountable debt to be repaid back to France and Great Britain, Americans were feeling the brunt of the war and realizing entering it was a grave mistake. Looking ahead into the future of America and her economy, then President Franklin D. Roosevelt sought out ways to keep America out of another World War. Congress would then pass a law that would later be enforced by the president, it was known as the…

Day One: 17 September. The airborne landings on the first day were completed without any major incidents. The 101st Airborne met little resistance and captured four of the five bridges assigned to them. The Germans destroyed the bridge over the Wilhelmina Canal at Son just as the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR) neared the objective (Badsey, 1993, p. 41). The Bailey bridge, a portable, prefabricated bridge developed by the British, constructed over the canal was not finished until the…

On June 6, 1944, more than 160,000 Allied troops landed along a 50-mile stretch of heavily fortified French coastline, to fight Nazi Germany on the beaches of Normandy, France. After the invasion, Allied Commanders had to confront a problem, “How are the Allies going to sustain one of the largest fighting force ever assembled, moving faster than any Army before it?” The Red Ball Express provides the solution for Allied Commanders. While the success came with a hefty price tag, the desperate…

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…

successful Normandy landing, allied forces thought the war was close to over but they were soon to find out Hitler had other plans. On 16 December 1944 Hitler pushed for a massive attack which came to be known as the Battle of the Bulge located in the Ardennes forest near the city of Bastogne. This was Germany’s last real attempt to stop and hold the allied forces. Hitler pushed more than 400,000 German Soldiers and over 1000 tanks through to the Ardennes forest in the first wave of attacks.…

D-Day actually stands for day. (“Home | D-Day | June 6, 1944 | The United States Army”)The Allies called it Operation Overlord. This invasion would consist of an airborne attack, naval bombardment, and ground attacks on the beaches of Normandy. This event was huge for the allies to go and end the insanity of Hitler. It was not until December 1943, General Dwight D. Eisenhower was appointed Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force. (“D-Day and The Normandy Campaign”) Plans continued…

down, he spent two years in a German Prisoner of War camp. Another veteran, Walter Hughes, was Airborne and jumped during Operation Market Garden. This operation supported the attack on D-Day. The movie, “A Bridge Too Far” was based on Operation Market Garden where the purpose was outmaneuvering German defenses to be able to end the war by Christmas 1944. The Walter Hughes Chapter of the 82nd Airborne was named after him. Hughes was just a young kid during the operation. Mr. Simmons notes,…