D-Day was when the Allied Powers tried to recapture Europe, starting with France. The Allied Powers were made up of the U.S., the Soviet Union, and Great Britain. The Axis Powers were made up of Italy, Germany, and Japan. D-Day took place on June 4, 1944.

The Germans were not prepared for the invasion. The beaches that the Allied soldiers landed on were Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno, and Sword Beach. The bloodiest fight came from Omaha Beach. There were many problems soldiers faced during D-Day. There were many obstacles, and people, against them.

The U.S. and British soldiers had to cross the English Chanell. The soldiers landed on the beach in an area in northern France called Normandy. The first thing the soldiers took place at dawn, they opened fire with battleships on the beaches. Some of the bloodiest fights of the invasion came at Omaha Beach. By the end of June about a million soldiers had reached the country of France. By the end of one day 2,500 soldiers had died at battle. The soldiers landed on 5 different beaches. These were Normandy, Utah, Omaha, Juno, and Sword Beach. The soldiers had seven different

By nightfall the 1st and 29th divisions held positions around Vierville, Saint-Laurent, and Colleville (nowhere near the planned objectives.) The Americans suffered 2,400 casualties at Omaha on June 6, but by the end of the day they had landed 34,000 troops. The German 352nd Division lost 20 percent of its strength, with 1,200 casualties, but it had no reserves coming to continue the fight.

Throughout the landing, German gunners poured deadly fire into the ranks of the invading Americans. Bodies lay on the beach or floated in the water. Men sought refuge behind beach obstacles, pondering the deadly sprint across the beach to the seawall, which offered some safety at the base of the cliff. Destroyed craft and vehicles covered the water's edge and beach, and at 0830 hours all landing stoped at Omaha. The troops on the beach were left on their own and realized that the exits were not the way off. Slowly, and in small groups, they scaled the cliffs. Meanwhile, navy destroyers steamed scraping their bottoms in the shallow water, they blasted the German fortifications at point-blank range. By 1200 hours German fire was noticeably decreased as the defensive positions were taken from the rear. Then one by one the exits were opened.

obstacles, they were the Atlantic Wall, the Belgian gates, teller mines, ramps, walls of barbed wire and minefields, pillboxes, and concrete bunkers. The Belgian gates were 10-foot high steel structures that were set parallel to the beach. The teller mines were mines that were on post that were angled seaward. Ramps were mine-tipped logs that were driven into the sand. Hedgehogs were mine-tipped 6 foot obstacles that were constructed of steel rails welded together to rip off the bottoms of landing crafts at high tide. Walls of barbed wire and minefields criss-crossed the beach and paths leading on and off the beaches. Pillboxes were small concrete bunkers that shielded machine gun nests and antitank guns. Concrete bunkers were used to protect 75-88 mm guns.

Some common words found in the essay are:
Wall Belgian, Americans Bodies, Special DD, Erwin Rommel, Vire River, Britain Canada, Saint-Laurent Colleville, British Canadian, Omaha June, Infantry Division, omaha beach, 116th regiment, red sections, concrete bunkers, sword beach, 16th regiment, soldiers landed, barbed wire minefields, june 6, 1st division, called normandy, green white red, walls barbed wire, vierville saint-laurent colleville, pillboxes concrete bunkers,
Approximate Word count = 1350
Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)