Allied Forces *************************************************Axis Power United Kingdom
United States
Canada
Free French Forces
Free Polish Forces
Australia
Free Belgian Forces
Norway
Free Czechoslovak Forces
Greece
GermanyCommandersDwight Eisenhower
(Supreme Allied Commander)
Arthur Tedder (Deputy Supreme Allied Commander)
Bernard Montgomery (21st Army Group, Ground Forces Commander in Chief)
Trafford Leigh-Mallory (Air Commander in Chief)
Bertram Ramsay (Naval Commander in Chief)
Omar Bradley (U.S. 1st Army)
Miles Dempsey (British 2nd Army)Gerd von Rundstedt (Oberbefehlshaber West)
Erwin Rommel (Heeresgruppe B)
Friedrich Dollmann (7.Armee Oberkommando)Strength1,332,000 (by July 24)380,000 (by July 23)Casualties and lossesJuly 24:
120,000 casualtiesJuly 24:
113,059 casualties
Gen Omar Bradley was in charge of the US Divisions that attacked on D-Day.
No, Utah Beach was first. Sword was the last beach attacked.
Allied aircraft attacked German targets before D-Day to keep German aircraft on the ground. The Luftwaffe was notable by its absence on the day.
The US attacked Fortress Europe along with the other Allied armies on D Day to defeat the Nazi occupiers. This started on June 6, 1944.
The beach code names were Omaha, Utah, Sword, Gold and Juno. All were within 15 miles on northern Normandy.
Normandy was the French region attacked on D-Day
On D-Day the Allies attacked Normandy, France.
The British
United States
They attacked Juno Beach
German forces did not attack, they defended....
Gen Omar Bradley was in charge of the US Divisions that attacked on D-Day.
Britain was not attacked. They were the ones doing the attacking as they landed on the beaches in Normandy, France. Their opposition was the Germans.
He was the commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force. Which were the soldiers that attacked Normandy.
Nazi-occupied Europe was attacked and successfully invaded by the Allies.
The beaches that British and Canadian forces attacked were Gold, Sword and Juno The beaches that the Americans attacked were Utah and Omaha
It was the beaches of Normandy, a western French province.