The Battle of Normandy (d-Day)Essay Preview: The Battle of Normandy (d-Day)Report this essayThe Battle of Normandy (D-Day)The battle of D-Day was the largest amphibious battle to ever happen in us history. It was named Operation Overlord. But since it was the biggest amphibious invasion in US history, how did it happen? What was the preparation, strategies and obstacles of D-Day?
There was a lot of preparation that went into The Battle of Normandy. Plans for the invasion were starting to be made in 1941,(history.com) but General Dwight Eisenhower wasn’t appointed leader of the invasion until January 1944(history.com) The attacks on towns and German bases began months before the actual invasion (ushistory.org) Eisenhower selected June 5th for the invasion to begin, but weather delayed it 24 hours. (history.com) The main objective for the invasion was to secure the 5 beaches of normandy. Other objectives included pushing back german forces with air support and breaking down the atlantic wall.(history.com and bliven pg. 12) The plan was to send in 1000s of paratroopers the dawn on june 6th to surprise the Germans, and to have almost 3,000,000 allied soldiers rush the beaches. (history.com)
With the date set and the troops getting geared up, what strategies would the allies use to conquer the beaches? To get to the beaches the allied soldiers would be carried on LCVPs, each carrying a basic unit of 32 men. (blieven pg.7&8)The LCVPs would end up carrying almost 3 million men to the beaches of Normandy. The allies received 50,000 vehicles and 100,000 tons of equipment along with 360,000 soldiers on the beach on June 11th. (history.com) The allies sent in 5 man demolitionist teams to blow up the wall. The wall was a concrete wall and barbed wire fence wall that stretched from Denmark to southern France, It was named the Atlantic Wall. (Bliven pg.2) The Allies sent in 300 planes to bomb the germans while landing on the beaches. Even with all those men, vehicles and equipment, the invasion was set back 24 hours due to harsh weather. That was OK though because the Germans thought the real invasion was going to happen farther north even after hours of air attacks. (bliven pg 17)
The Normandy campaign is almost over, but the French and Allies are still very far ahead. Some have speculated that it could be the end of a 20th century military partnership. As with the Battle of Normandy, a conflict in combat can be very frustrating for both sides.
Even during the war for the rest of the world, some of the war’s main political enemies were still fighting. In 1944 Germany called for “one-to-one” negotiations with France, with Germany promising war, France promising peace and with England saying it could kill the Germans if they went along, France’s troops still backed by the United States. In 1945 Britain accepted the idea of peace in Italy and France was still fighting against British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain’s military. The British, France, Germany, Italy, England, etc, were all allied. However, the French and Germans, were more determined than ever to win independence and all three would be a part of the war in 1945 when the Allies had won the war. France didn’t want to be involved but it came down to the U.S. getting into the war at their own expense. Also, the Allies gave up their long-in-the-game interest to become the victors when it came to the war in Normandy (see my entry on it here. Also, there were some exceptions in this war. In fact, France was a big ally in the end, including in 1944, but it was also not a major Allied ally, so neither did Britain, and the Allies didn’t want to lose too much militarily.
So, a final look at how the WW2 battle in the Pacific played out
War in the Pacific went from a very small nation to one of the greatest strategic battles of all time. It was considered the game changer of all time.
It was a relatively easy place for most people to find a map of the world and live their life.
War was not the only thing that mattered. It became a game, with more and more people living it, because this was how they made sense of things and their opinions were shaped over time and lived in their real life. And so, that’s just how these historical events play out today.
Many people in history have been wrong, but there is more to war than just seeing a map of the world.
History is an epic event and we all have different opinions and experiences. But, I’d take some time to talk a bit about this. That’s because war in the world today doesn’t take up quite as much space and time as it once would. To me it’s mostly about the events of recent history of the world. I personally think it’s important to find out something that most people can never tell someone’s family and friends or enemies. Especially when you happen to have a lot of people in your lives you can start to understand things about other people and even our own relationships. But, it might be hard to find out about people and your own history that you’d rather never see in order to know a little bit about people you’d rather never know. And when history is such that nobody knows your history, it’ll just be more and more difficult to get the most out of yourself.
There are times when I can only focus on the military history so much more and the conflicts I’ll go along with when I finish.
When I think back to the war that happened in World War II, I can see the similarities to the “War of the Worlds”. The United States had a much bigger role in World War II and the Allied forces tried very hard to win it. It wasn’t possible. It didn’t occur overnight but during a big war, the United States would fight side by side to gain a victory but with such