The Nazis General Field Marshal Erwin Rommel took many different measures to prepare for the attacks by the Allies. He was the only General under Hitler's command that believed Normandy not Pas Del Calais would be the invading point (Skipper 42). His troops worked feverishly to strengthen defenses. The entire coastline was littered with land mines. Their beaches had deadly obstacles and their weapons and bases were camouflaged. They felt that on shore they were invincible.

By early 1944 almost one million Allied soldiers arrived in the United Kingdom. That brought their total there to almost three million. The Allied airforce strength had grown from a few thousand planes to more than 15,000 planes. The 5,000 bombers were ready to drop over 100,000 bombs. All the available space in Britain was used for storage.

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Soon the troops made it to the shores. The men were under heavy enemy fire. Three separate American divisions launched onto Utah and Omaha beach. They fought desperately to gain position. It looked as if the battle was going to be very tough for them. Casualties on D-Day were heavy. Nearly 3,000 troops were either missing in action, wounded or deceased on Omaha beach alone.

Due to the rough time the men had reaching the other beaches many of them were not fit to battle the Germans. That afternoon the Americans artillery was brought on shore and put into use. In the late afternoon of D-Day the beaches were secure and the troops started their move to the inland. Their efforts were slowed though because of Nazi obstacles that blocked their way.

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