They had mined and placed steel obstacles on many beaches. They also built gun emplacements to fire up and down the beaches.
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Over 350,000 Germans were guarding the Normandy beaches. It is estimated that over 7,000 died that first day of Operation Overlord.
D-Day was at Normandy because they were thought to be the best beaches to cross. Also the Germans were expecting attack much further north.
The Germans, were defending the beaches of normandy. The following countries assualted the beaches, On Omaha and Utah beaches were the americans. On gold and sword beaches were the english, and on Juno Beach was the canadians (them countries were all on the same side.)
D-day was June 6, 1944, and is the day when 150,000 allied troops landed on the beaches of Normandy, France to fight the Nazi Germans. This was the beginning of the American campaign against the Germans in WWII.
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The allied invasion and beachhead at Normandy heralded the defeat of the Germans and the end of World War II in Europe.
Over 350,000 Germans were guarding the Normandy beaches. It is estimated that over 7,000 died that first day of Operation Overlord.
D-Day was at Normandy because they were thought to be the best beaches to cross. Also the Germans were expecting attack much further north.
Dunkirk :) but the Germans bombed them as they tried to evacuate on the beaches
The Germans, were defending the beaches of normandy. The following countries assualted the beaches, On Omaha and Utah beaches were the americans. On gold and sword beaches were the english, and on Juno Beach was the canadians (them countries were all on the same side.)
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.
It was to gain control of the beaches and land to about 8 miles in. Only the Canadians managed it on the 6th.
D-day was June 6, 1944, and is the day when 150,000 allied troops landed on the beaches of Normandy, France to fight the Nazi Germans. This was the beginning of the American campaign against the Germans in WWII.
they were on a hill, and the allies had to come one by one on boats to get there, and then run uphill on land mined sand beaches, and the Germans had been already dug in for months waiting.
the Normandy beaches assaulted by the allies on D day were: gold juno sword utah omaha
During World War II, the Allies stormed the beaches of Normandy, France and attacked the Germans there. Today, nothing new is on the beaches, except for monuments and memorials for the heroic soldiers who fought there.