D-Day Invasion - the Day that Turned World War 2

On this 80th Anniversary of the D-Day Invasion, we honor our WW2 veterans who served and those who gave their lives as the ultimate sacrifice for our freedoms.

 

D-Day Invasion - the Day that Turned World War 2

The Normandy landings, codenamed Operation Neptune, were the landing operations on June 6, 1944 (termed D-Day) of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord.

Before the landings could take place, the Allies began conducting a military deception codenamed Operation Bodyguard.  The intent of Operation Bodyguard was to deceive the Germans on the date and the location of where the Allies would land. This was achieved through many tactics including fake equipment, fake tanks and planes and ships, a phantom army commanded by George Patton, double agents and fraudulent radio transmissions.

In January 1944, Gen. Dwight Eisenhower was appointed commander of Operation Overlord.  Eisenhower chose June 5, 1944, as the original D-day for Operation Neptune, the largest seaborne invasion in history.  The requirements for D-Day to be effective were very specific to include the phase of the moon, the tides, and the time of day, making only a few days in each month ideal for the operation. However, bad weather caused the operation to be delayed 24 hours.

Early morning on June 6, more than 24,000 British, American and Canadian airborne troops were on the ground behind enemy lines, securing bridges and exit roads.  At 6:30 a.m., the amphibious landings by Allied forces began taking place on the coast of France.

The British and Canadians captured beaches codenamed Gold, Juno and Sword, while the Americans captured Utah Beach and Omaha Beach.  However, more than 2,000 U.S. forces were killed while facing heavy resistance at Omaha Beach.

The Normandy invasion was a significant psychological blow to the Nazis that prevented Hitler from sending troops from France to build up his Easter Front against the advancing Soviets.  It is considered the turning point in the war that led up to the eventual surrender of Nazi Germany May 8, 1945.

 

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