D-DAY

FACTS ABOUT D-DAY

• Originally called 'Operation Neptune'
• The weather was far from ideal
• There was 5 sectors in the attack
• D-Day and H-Hour stand for the day and hour of the attack
• The plan of the operation began in 1943

FACTS ABOUT D-DAY

• There were 10,000 Ally Casualties and 4,414 confirmed dead
• There were 4,000-9,000 casualties for the Axis
• Around 24,000 British, American, and Canadian troops landed after midnight
• The blueprints of the plan were codenamed 'Operation Bodyguard'
• The attack started in Western Europe, and led to France's liberation

FACTS ABOUT THE ATTACK (U.S.A.)

• Battle of Normandy lasted from June 1944 to August 1944
• Resulted in Allied liberation of Western Europe from Nazi Germany's control
• Codenamed operation Overlord
• In January 1944, General Dwight Eisenhower was made Commander of this operation
• Battle began on June 6, 1944, also known as D-Day
• There was 156,000 British, American, and Canadian forces

FACTS ABOUT THE ATTACK (U.S.A.)

• These forces landed on 5 beaches along a 50 mile stretch of the heavily fortified coast
• The coast of France's Normandy region
• The invasion was one of the largest amphibious military assault in History
• This mission required lots of extensive planning
• The Allies had constructed a large-scale deception campaign
• Was intended to mislead the Germans about the intended invasion target prior to D-Day

FACTS ABOUT THE ATTACK (U.S.A.)

• Late August 1944 all of northern France had been liberated
• By the following Spring the Allies had defeated the Germans
• Normandy landings were called the beginning of the end of war in Europe
• A total of 9,300 troops and U.S. Servicemen were killed in the battle of D-Day or subsequent missions
• The Normandy American Cemetery now holds these bodies

FACTS ABOUT THE DEFENSE (GERMANY)

• 21,500 Axis soldiers are buried dead at LaCombe defending Normandy
• There were 4 defensive sectors (Names Unknown)
• 18 German Regimes were made out for the defense
• The beach had over 15,000 concrete bunkers and 500,000 men
• It was considered the most heavily guarded place on earth

CHALLENGE QUESTION

• Why did they carry out the attack when the spot they came from was a terrible spot to attack at, and the Axis knew they were coming?
• Answer: They would've replanned a spot of entry in the attack, but their was no time to delay and were forced to sacrifice a majority of their men at the beach

BIBLIOGRAPHY

• http://www.nationalww2museum.org/learn/education/for-students/ww2-history/d...
• https://www.awesomestories.com/asset/view/STUNNING-D-DAY-FACTS-Normandy-Inv...
• http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normandy_landings

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