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D-Day
History of the Allied landing on Normandy on 6 June 1944 and the following campaign to take Cherbourg and break out of the beach head.
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whoever wrote this is a D bag ^^^
German submarines were attacking brittish ships. so the US helped them out and send out a ship to follow the submarine to give the british coordinates.
Lt. Dan Brotheridge was the first allied soldier that died during D-Day, June 6th 1944
What happened to american troops who landed on Omaha beach on D-day?
The death toll on Normandy on D-Day was terrible, with many Americans being shot before they could even reach the beach. They had to unload from cargo ships and often were shot by enemy fire before they could get off a shot or land on the beach. There is a vast cemetery in France with names of US serviceman who were killed that day.
Why were the beaches of Normandy bombed?
to destroy German defense positions..........................
How many child soldiers are killed every day?
It dependes if they are in a battle or not. If they aren't, that's easy. Zero. If they are, alot of child soldiers get killed in a battle. I know this answer isn't that good. Sorry.
What is Ph. D and what do it stands for?
Ph.d degree is an advanced degree after the Master's degree. Ph.d is short for
'Doctor of Philosophy'
It is not a degree "after the master's degree" but an advanced degree after your Bachelors. Many people go straight from BA to doctorate. For instance MD's. :-)
What was the singificance of d-day?
D-day was the day that America invaded Europe. It was the day we got into the war. if we would not have invaded Europe, we might not have one the war.
Who was in charge of the D-Day operation?
The Supreme Allied commander during D-Day, and indeed the French campaign afterwards, was American General Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Why was D-Day an important military event?
It was a major amphibious assault on the European mainland.
What do traditionalist historians think about stalins request to create a second front in 1941?
In 1941 it was impossible for the Allies to open up a 2nd front in the West. The Pearl Harbor attacks on America did not take place until December of that year, and it took 3 years after that to amass the troops needed in Europe to launch a successful invasion of the beaches of Northern France.
Simply put, it took 2 superpowers (i.e. the Soviet Union, and the United States) and 2 global empires (i.e. the British Empire and French Empire), to halt the ambitions of Nazi Germany. It wasn't until 1943, after the Battle of Stalingrad, that the Soviets were even able to mount a successful counterattack against the German war machine; meaning there was a 3-4 year interval in which Nazi Germany went virtually unchallenged and were on the offensive (known as Blitzkrieg, or "Lightning War"). During this time, the Nazis realized some of the most stunning victories in military history. The entire country of France was conquered in a little over a month, as was Poland and much of the Western Soviet Union (i.e. European Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, the Baltic States, etc..), and the conquests of countries such as Greece, Yugoslavia, Denmark, Norway, Holland, Belgium, and various other European countries were attained in a number of mere days or weeks. In other words, the military might of Nazi Germany was overwhelming, and it took the forces of multiple countries acting in concert to overcome them.
In 1941 Soviet forces were in full retreat, the British were isolated from the rest of Europe, and the Americans had just entered the war in the last month of the year. Opening up a 2nd front in the West at that time was nothing more than a pipe dream. In fact, at that point in history, it appeared as if the Nazi juggernaut could not be stopped.
What was the alternate date for D-Day in June 1944?
June 19, 1944 was an alternate date propsed during planning for D-Day. This date, 2 weeks after the first planned date, was decided upon in case weather or other conditions were not ideal for the earlier dates of June 5th or June 6th.
How many graves at buried at Normandy war cemetery?
The cemetery site, at the north end of its ½ mile access road, covers 172.5 acres and contains the graves of 9,387 of our military dead, most of whom lost their lives in the D-Day landings and ensuing operations. On the Walls of the Missing in a semicircular garden on the east side of the memorial are inscribed 1,557 names. Rosettes mark the names of those since recovered and identified.
