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Preparing for D-Day
Allies carried out a massive deception operation intended to make the Germans think the main invasion target was Pas-de-Calais (the narrowest point between Britain and France) rather than Normandy. In addition, they led the Germans to believe that Norway and other locations were also potential invasion targets. This is what led up to D-Day actually happening -
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D-Day
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A WEATHER DELAY
Eisenhower planned to have D-Day on June 5, 1944, as the date of the invasion. Bad weather days before the operation the weather was bad and had the operation delayed for 24 hours.On the morning of June 5, after his meteorologist predicted improved conditions for the following day, Eisenhower gave the go-ahead for Operation Overlord -
D-DAY LANDINGS
By dawn on June 6, thousands of paratroopers and glider troops were already on the ground behind enemy lines, securing bridges and exit roads,invasions began at 6:30 a.m.approximately 156,000 Allied troops had successfully stormed Normandy’s beaches.According to some estimates, more than 4,000 Allied troops lost their lives in the D-Day invasion, with thousands more wounded or missing.on June 11, over 326,000 troops, more than 50,000 vehicles and some 100,000 tons of equipment had landed. -
D-DAY LANDINGS
By the end of June, landed approximately 850,000 men and 150,000 vehicles in Normandy. -
VICTORY IN NORMANDY
By the end of August 1944, the Allies had reached the Seine River, Paris was liberated and the Germans had been removed from northwestern France. A significant psychological blow, it also prevented Hitler from sending troops from France to build up his Eastern Front against the advancing Soviets.The following springMay 8, 1945, the Allies formally accepted the unconditional surrender of Nazi Germany.
