D-Day

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Those in a combat zone usually slept, ate, and read or wrote letters. Those not in a zone of combat were usually training and getting ready to move into a combat zone. No matter which army they served soldiers had the same desires, rest, food, and family.

The Germans expected the Alllies to land at Calais which would have been more strategic but Eisenhower knew this and so dummies were sent to Calais to divert men away from Normandy. The Germans expected the Allies to cross the channel at the shortest route, which would be at Pas de Calais. Previous attempt to land in France was targeted at a port city. The Allies instead decided to land on an open beach that was not near any port or city. They designed a floating port that would help them land the materials necessary to support the army until they could capture the port at Cherbourg. The Allies tried to decieve the Germans into believing that the landing had to be at Pas de Calais. That included bombing the area. On the day of the landings, they dropped dummy paratroopers(no, not stupid paratroopers, but dummy models of them). There were many other tricks that were used to mislead the Germans as to where the landings would be.

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Infantry used everything from grenades and mortars to Bangalore torpedos (a 20+ foot long length of pipe filled with high explosive for cutting thick barbed wire and detonating landmines, thus leaving a safe passage.

Navy used everything up to their largest 16 inch shells, to soften the landing sites and attempt to destroy fortifications above the beach and behind it.

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Operation Overlord lasted just over 3 months and there where 2,200 American casultys and between 3000 and 3300 German casultys. i found a answer Davonte ask me and i will give it to you

**It was a key turning point and marked the beginning of the end of Hitler's reign**

It was the start of the Liberation of France in WW2. Steadily the Russians were rolling the Eastern Front back towards Berlin, but the landings of principally the US, British & Canadian forces, in great numbers, on the Normandy Beaches, signalled the nearing of the end of the Third Reich & Nazi domination in WW2. It would be 11 months before the Germans finally surrendered. It remains the largest amphibious operation in warfare, a mighty feat of arms. It was important that the Allies got it right in terms of timing & effect ecause many lives would have been lost had they not fulfilled its objectives as they did. I suppose it was significant in that it represented to all that the Nazis would be overthrown, that Hitler would be removed from power.

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After the Normandy Invasion by AlliedTroops, the Allies were able to liberate Caen(by British & Commonwealth forces),followed by Cherbourg (by the Americans).Then in July,1944 the Americans launched Operation Cobra-the U.S. 3rd Army broke out of the hedgerow country into open terrain that favoured swift movement which General Patton loved.Pattons forces moved south and east, while Montgomerys' armies moved north/northwest-destroying V1-V2 rocket sights set up along the Franco-Belgian coast.In August,1944-the Allies launched Operation Dragoon-the invasion of Southern France.By late august,elements of the French 2nd Armoured Division , lead by General LeClerc,Liberated Paris. From this point on, the allies were able to liberate the rest of nazi-occupied europe.

Many awards were given for bravery and valor during D-Day, and some were given after a soldier was killed. The Medal of Honor is the highest medal and after D-Day, four members of the military received this honor.

The Landmine Survivors Network estimates that there are 110 million landmines buried worldwide. http://www.landminesurvivors.org/what_landmines.php

D-Day, June 6, 1944, was when the Allied forces invaded France on the beaches at Normandy under the direction of Supreme Allied Commander Dwight D Eisenhower. See the film "Saving Private Ryan" or "The Longest Day."

You can also watch the first 3 episodes of Band of Brothers as they have to do with D-Day

At 6:15 on June 6th 1944, the American, British and canadian soldiers invade the Northern Shore of France known as Normandy. The first wave consisting of 15,000 men, were bogged down and decimated. The total amount of men on D-Day were roughly 65,000. The intense fighting lasted 2 hours while the small skirmishes in the near by towns took a week.

from the begining of the world war till the end of the Russian civil war about 40 milion Russians died plus russia wasnt a kingdom anymore

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It might conceivably have succeeded but the cost in lives would have been enormous. Mountainous territory is naturally easy to defend and high rugged mountains like the alps, with narrow passes, are extremely easy. Had we tried that strategy we would have lost many times more men than we did going through France. Michael Montagne

I don't think the question is could the invasion of Germany from the south have succeeded without establishing a front at Normandy; but is could the front at Normandy have succeeded without the invasion of Germany from the south. Normandy was the main objective, not Italy. Italy was invaded to prevent Hitler's escape through the south; while the front established at Normandy was the main force with which the Allied forces took Nazi Germany.

How, please, would they have passed on to Germany after defeating Italy? Turning to the east over Austria towards the Soviets? Turning to the west through the south of France? Attacking Switzerland, or what?

That was close to what Churchill had in mind. His plan was to take Italy within a few months and then move up through Yugoslavia and into Vienna. It turned out that the Germans chose to fight a delayed withdrawal out of Italy. He truly thought that Vienna and the oil fields in the Balkans could be reached before the Normandy invasion(which was originally planned for an earlier date).

When Sicily fell, Hitler had to choose someone to command the troops in the South (mainly Italy). Rommel submitted his plan of withdrawing to northern Italy. Kesselring proposed to set up a series of defensive positions that would slow the Allied advance and yet be able to respond to any amphibious landings behind their lines. Hitler gave the job to Kesselring and Rommel was placed in command of the Atlantic Wall.

I believe a direct attack into Germany across the Alps might have made initial success as this was probably not well defended. But the logistic nightmare of supplying this move would have surely resulted in defeat very quickly when winter approached.

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There's no one thing that would answer this question. The best I can give you are as follows: 1. The largest fleet ever assembled, 2500 to 3000 vessels. 2. The brilliant and pain staking planning of the invasion.3. The use of gliders to drop airborne troops behind enemy fortifications.4. The secrecy of assembling such a huge force. 5. Omaha beach.

Britain did this in East Anglia to convince the Germans that the Allied invasion would happen at the narrowest part of the English Channel, landing around Calais. The ruse worked and the Germans held thousands of troops and tanks ready to repel an invasion near Calais that never happened.

Mainly by landing much further south than the Germans expected

D-day was 6 June 1944, VE day 8 May 1945 and VJ day 2 September 1945

V-E Day stands for Victory in Europe Day and marks the surrender of Germany in 1945.

Yes, from the American War Graves Commission.