D-Day

The Allies had deceived them into believing the attack would come later at the Pas de Calais.

11,000 aircraft and over 7,000 ships were involved. It took over 1,000 aircraft just to transport the Airborne and Glider Divisions.

Over a million Allied soldiers were part of Operation Overlord, with over 170,000 of them landing on D-Day, the first day.

Many ships of all kinds were lost. Small landing craft were lost in dozens, others beached. As over 11,000 seacraft were involved from over 8 countries, exact figures are not available.

The Allies were Britain, USA,Canada, and many other countries. The enemy was Nazi Germany.

Fourteen men from Bedford, Virginia died on D-Day. Eleven of them remain in the Normandy American Cemetery along with 9.386 other Americans who died in Normandy.

Not very many, and most will be in their mid 80's by now.

Because it was very well planned and the troops were determined to fight and win.

There was no"war of D-Day" -it was one part of World War 2. On the first day of Operation Overlord, known as D-Day, about 150,000 Allied troops landed on the beaches, as well as over 20,000 British, And American paratroops

Allied deaths were about 5,000, and although very regrettable, this is a surprisingly low number considering over 175,000 men were involved in the combat.

The Allies invaded Normandy on 6 June 1944

Figures like that are impossible to estimate. Many troops from all Allied countries were drafted and many were volunteers. Who is to say who was drafted exactly for D-Day.

The invasion of Normandy was called Operation Overlord.

The invasion actually lasted over 3 months . D-Day was only the first day.

Allied deaths were about 5,000.

The D-Day landings were in Normandy, France.

D-Day was successful because on the first day alone the Allies landed over 170,000 soldiers with almost 10,000 vehicles.

It is called "Death Day" because it was one of the worst battles in world war 2, it had more casualties then any other battle.

Yes, they were. They landed at Sword Beach.

The Infantry mission was to seize the beaches and get ashore as many men and vehicles as possible.

About 100,000 Americans. This includes soldiers landed, ship crews and aircraft crews.

probably none

Hundreds of types of weapons were involved. Both sides had many infantry rifles and machine guns. The Allies had naval guns and aircraft.

They had mined and placed steel obstacles on many beaches. They also built gun emplacements to fire up and down the beaches.

The 101st jumped with only their personal weapons and equipment.