This "invasion of Normandy" was the greatest event to occur between the years of 1919 and 1945. D-day was the beginning of the end of the war. The invasion of Normandy allowed the Allied forces to get their soldiers back on the European mainland and to start defeating German opposition and Nazi tyranny. It was the major turning point of World War II and perhaps one of the greatest strategic military operations that ever executed.

As the tide of World War II began to turn in favor of the Allies, U.S. General Dwight D. Eisenhower had the task of forming the largest invasion fleet in history, in order for an amphibious landing on the northern coast of France to be effective. If it was executed as planned and labeled a success, the landing would be the starting point for the massive attack. The attack would move eas

The German's main handicap was their need to cover 3,000 miles of western European coastline, from the Netherlands around the coast of France to the Italian Mountain frontier. Although victorious against the first wave of invaders at Omaha, the Germans could do little when the force on the beach began to renew itself. With many of their troops off chasing dummy paratroopers, which the allies had dropped, the Germans could hold their own fixed positions but could not drive the invaders back. Thus, the Americans kept the ground they gained.

tward through France and into Nazi Germany.

The assault had been timed for low tide to expose as many underwater obstacles as possible. At 6:31 am, the first landing craft dropped its ramp and U.S. soldiers began fighting. In the invasion's early hours, more than 1,000 transports dropped paratroopers to secure the flanks and beach exits of the assault area. Amphibious craft landed some 130,000 troops on five beaches along fifty miles of Normandy coast. In the eastern zone, British and Canadians landed on Gold, Juno, and Sword beaches. The Americans landed on two beaches in the west-Utah and Omaha. As the Allied forces came ashore, they took the first steps on the final road to victory in Europe.

The Allies, for their part, had brought four years of planning and hard work to completion. Exhausted and battle-worn, they had at last reached their objective destination targets. From there, the land was dry and relatively open. The final act of the war, the great push through France into Germany itself, could now begin.

Juno Beach was were the Canadian forces landed. Despite heavy opposition, they broke through and advanced to their objective. The Canadians made the deepest penetration of any land forces on June 6th, again with moderate casualties.

Sword beach is where a single British infantry division quite a ways inland after breaking the opposition at the water's edge. They also encountered fierce opposition, further inland, from two Panzer divisions.

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