Battle Of Normandy Research Paper

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The Battle of Normandy began on June 6th, 1944 in France’s Normandy region on the beach. The Battle of Normandy is also known as D-Day. This is one of the most gruesome battles that used a lot of man power and Artillery. The Battle was supposed to take place on June 5th, 1944, but due to poor weather it was delayed. Thousands of troops and paratroopers were on the ground, ensuring the roads and bridges were secured for possible enemies before the Battle started at 6:30 am on 6 June. 156,000 Allied troops had successfully landed and took over Normandy’s beaches by taking down the Germans with extreme force and power. Twelve allied nations provided munition and manpower to help with the invasion. According to some calculated estimates, …show more content…

A ton of troops, vehicles, weapons and equipment was landed on Normandy. The Germans had a problem with their rank system their commander Rommel was away on leave. Hitler created many problems for his troops resulting in interfering with their route. Allied air support, which destroyed many important bridges that the forces used to travel and made the Germans to take long distance detours around their original route, as well as trained and efficient allied naval support, which helped protect the advancing allied troops, (History.com Staff, 2009). After weeks of tough, enduring days and nights Allies fought their way across all of Normandy, and into the German territory. By the very end of August 1944 all allies have come to the Seine River. Moreover, the Germans were no longer in France. The Allied forces then fully prepared to enter the country Germany, they would meet up with the Soviet troops that were coming from the east, (History.com Staff, 2009). There is an estimated number of 425,000 to 430,000 troops that were killed, or they went missing. During the battle, they thought they would be killed, so civilians would take off. Between 15,000 and 20,000 innocent civilians were killed during the D-Day, consequently for being in the line of …show more content…

The invasion of D-Day was a pivotal piece in this strategy. This battle is where the establishment of the Allied Forces (Dean, M.,2017) were solidified, where General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Air Marshall Leigh-Mallory, Air Marshall Tedder, Field Marshall, Bernard Montgomery, and Admiral Bertram Ramsey, came together with leaders from the Allied Nations to put the attack in motion. The Battle of Normandy, invasion would be heralded as the single largest amphibious operation in history. Until this counter strike, Nazi Germany had managed to keep the previous outcomes in their favor. Operation Cobra the extremely risky yet extremely rewarding bombing mission conducted the first US, (Carey, B. T., 2015). More than 10,000 tons worth of ordnance would be fired and or dropped against the

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