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What was the original purpose of the hedgerows in Normandy?
The Normandy Hedgerows are huge mounds of dirt with vegetation all over and on it. They were originated actually by the Romans. Their purpose was to keep cattle in and to mark territories. Hope this helps!
How many people died on Omaha Beach on D-Day?
2374 men from multiple military units died on Omaha Beach on D Day. A total of approximately 4000 men were killed on D-Day (including the Paratroopers). It got worse the next day as they had to get through the hedgerows.
How many people died on D-day in World War 2?
This question is more difficult to answer than may appear at first. The assault on Nazi-occupied France represented the largest military armada in history. More than 5,000 ships and landing craft participated in the operation. In all, some 160,000 men participated in the first wave (three paratroop and six infantry divisions, tank and commando units) commencing on June 6, 1944. With such a massive force on the Allied side, combined with an unknown number of German troops, an exact death toll is not now known and may never be since bodies are even yet being unearthed on the beaches. Part of the difficulty is the number of attack fronts (beaches) and push beyond the beaches and into the French interior following the initial wave. In short, estimates of allied deaths range from 2,500 to 5,000 on D-Day. Numbers of German dead range from 4,000 to 9,000. "It's very difficult to get accurate figures. People get buried. Bodies disintegrate. Evidence of the deaths disappeared. People drowned," said John Keegan, author of "Six Armies in Normandy: From D-Day to the Liberation of Paris." Carol Tuckwiller of the National D-Day Memorial Foundation reports, "We feel like we're probably going to end up with a total of about 4,500 fatalities for both the Americans and Allied countries. Right now, we have about 4,200 names confirmed." Her organization has spent four years combing through government, military and cemetery records for names of Allied dead on D-Day. Adding to the difficulty identifying a valid number of deaths associated with D-Day operations is the deaths involved in the preparations for the assault. The D-Day Museum in Portsmouth, England claims more than 19,000 civilians in Normandy also died in Allied bombing before and after D-Day to soften up German defenses. And Allied air forces lost nearly 12,000 men in April and May 1944 in operations ahead of the invasion. These deaths, including civilians and military personelle who lost their lives before and after D-Day are clearly associated with the battle, and a part of the terrible cost of freedom, but may be overlooked in may accountings of D-Day death tolls. Additionally, D-Day marked only the start of the battle of Normandy, which claimed many more lives as troops fought in the region's hedgerows over the next three months. More than 425,000 Allied and German troops were killed, wounded or went missing, the D-Day Museum says. The American Cemetery overlooking Omaha Beach holds the remains of 9,383 servicemen and four women, perhaps one of the only sure quantifiable sources to the terrible conflict's death toll (the German cemetery itself contains 80,000 graves for German soldiers killed in the area during the battles).
What was the outcome of the campaign of Normandy during World War 2?
The planners of Operation Overlord had established "phase lines" to mark the limits of where they projected the Allied forces would be at D+30, D+60, and D+90. They did not try to make projections for more than ninety days after the landings, realizing that events would dictate progress and any planning estimates would necessarily drift farther and farther from the reality. But the Allies were not able to meet the projections of the planners. Hitler still maintained very strong forces north of the Seine River, convinced that the Normandy landings were a massive diversion, and that the real attack was yet to come in the Pas de Calais area. But practically all German forces south of the Seine were eventually drawn into the Normandy battle, bent on containing the beachhead. The result was that when the Allies finally cracked their way out through this tough crust of German defenders, there was nothing left with which to stop them going anywhere they pleased. There followed a very happy time for the Allies, and most of France was liberated by September, after the Allied breakout in late July. So though the Allies were initially unable to reach the phase line projected by the planners, by D+90 they were far beyond them. The breakout of late July was called "The St. Lo breakout", as the Americans passed through that town on the way to open country. The attack was facilitated by a massive bombardment of the four-engine, heavy bombers of the 8th US Air Force. These were the airplanes ordinarily used in strategic bombing attacks deep into enemy territory, and the air commanders did not like to "waste" the days on which the weather allowed them to fly missions on such tactical raids. But the heavies pulverized the German front lines and the breakthrough was finally made, after about seven weeks of slogging through the hedgerows, liberating France one farm field at a time. Up to this time the Americans in the beachhead were all in the 1st Army, but the 3rd Army was activated around August 1, and Patton immediately was able to divide his army and send half of 3rd Army west to clear the Brittany peninsula, and the other half pivoted east and hooked around behind the Germans still confronting the British and Canadians at their end of the beachhead. Soon these Germans were three quarters surrounded and trapped in what came to be called "The Falaise Pocket", with only one road still open through Falaise over which the Germans could try to escape complete encirclement and capture. Allied fighter-bombers had a field day, and shot up all German traffic attempting to flee the pocket over several days. This original "Highway of Death" was littered end to end with wrecked, burnt out German tanks, trucks and half-tracks. Efforts to "close the pocket" and completely trap the Germans failed, and are still controversial to this day. Conservative Allied commanders feared to risk a collision between American and Canadian troops trying to meet on the battlefield coming toward one another to close the pocket, so the escape route remained open. But the Germans got away without their tanks and artillery. The Germans had finally made an effort to make a serious, coordinated counter attack using several armored divisions, in an effort to wipe out the beachhead. But the pounding these units took from Allied tactical fighter bombers just trying to reach the battlefield was grueling, and delayed their attack until after the Americans had already broken out. This attack was never a terribly serious threat to wipe out the beachhead, but the US 30th Infantry Division is credited with "saving the breakout" by its epic stand at Mortain in early August against this counter attack.
What do you think about World War 2?
Soldiers who served in World War II had varying opinions on the things they experienced while they were deployed. Many still have flashbacks and nightmares regarding the things they saw, while others only recall brave actions carried out by themselves and others.
What are the good and bad points of having hedgerows?
Hedgerows are good because they give a home for wildlife Hedgerows are bad because it takes up space where we could use for farmland
Why is removing hedgerows bad?
They are NOT bad they are good.
What animals that live in hedgerows are example of carnivore?
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What was the original purpose of the hedgerows in Normandy?
The Normandy Hedgerows are huge mounds of dirt with vegetation all over and on it. They were originated actually by the Romans. Their purpose was to keep cattle in and to mark territories. Hope this helps!
What is a sign of Christmas in the Hedgerows?
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Advantages and disadvantages about hedgerows?
It can cost Farmers money and can eat up all his profit. Also cutting hedges can take hours and it needs to be done by a professional hedge cutter
What has the author David Hickie written?
David Hickie has written: 'Irish Hedgerows'
How does cutting down hedgerows contribute to global warming?
Cutting hedgerows decreases the plant based biomass. This harms the ability of the Earth to rid itself of carbon dioxide. It also decreases the ability of the planet to increase oxygen.
What has the author David Michael Pfarrer written?
David Michael Pfarrer has written: 'Hedgerows'
What plantlife lives in hedgerows?
the boogerman & he is going to eat you when yew go there. ha boogerman.
What is the effect of replacing hedgerows?
If you replace them with new hedgerows, not much apart from annoying the various creatures that previously lived there (birds, insects). If you replace them with other things, then you will still annoy those things, but you may change other aspects too.
How does human activity affect micro climates including planting hedgerows and trees?
The answer to this really depends on what you class as a Human activity. For example if there is a drainage system then 'hedgerows' can be depleted of their water which can lead to an unnourished as the nutrition which is carried by the water and is now in the drainage system.
