D-Day

The Gatling gun was originally made around the time of the American civil war it was a crank operated 10 barrel machine gun that could fire up to 400 rounds per minute. One of the setbacks to this however was that your could melt the barrels or cook the rounds prematurely causing an explosion the only cure was to cool the barrels in cold water. the Gatling gun was made by B. J. Gatling. But that's just history the newer ones are used on the A10 "Warthog" air to ground air craft, and on some vehicles although the one on the A10 is FAR larger, effective and deadly due to is size.

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Because there were 3 days until the actual battle A-day: change of plans B-day: storm C-day: storm again D-day: the invasion of normandy begins!! E-day: victory!! So they named it on the day it began D-day

NO WAY! The Arizona was sunk on Dec.7,1941 and D-Day was June 6, 1944. The battleship USS Nevada was used at Normandy on D-Day, and was also present at Pearl Harbor when USS Arizona was sunk, which may have caused some confusion between the two USN battleships.

V stands Victory as in VE Day or Allied Victory in Europe. There is VJ Day or Allied Victory in Japan.

Yes, we needed to take over that Beach to move forward into France and take push back the Nazis. Yes, we needed to take over that Beach to move forward into France and take push back the Nazis.

Gen Dwight Eisenhower was Supreme Commander of US Forces in Europe.He was Supreme Commander of NATO after that.

The allies used a variety of airplanes on D-Day. Fighters such as the P-51 Mustang, P-47 Thunderbolt, P-38 Lightning, and the British Spitfire are some of the examples. Bombers like the B-25 Mitchel, B-26 Maurauder, and the B-17 flying Fortress were flown at Normandy. The C-47 was used to fly Paratroopers and tow gliders to and behind enemy lines. The one thing they had in common were alternating black and white stripes under their wings to help ground forces identify them to prevent freindly fire accidents. Theyse were called invasion stripes.

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This is a general question so the general answer would be the Ranger Battalion or the Paratroopers, both British and American. The answer could be broadened to include the Navy demolition divers who went in to blow up some of the obstacles or the Pathfinders who were dropped to lead the way for the paratroopers. But these were a small group of commando type units.

June 6, 1944 D-Day Codename Operation Overlord

The official date for Normandy invasion was supposed to be on June 5, 1944, but because of storms the operation was canceled and re-sheduled 1 day later on June 6, 1944.

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General Montgomery was placed in command of the British troops.

No. The largest invasion in the history of warfare was Operation Barbarossa - the German invasion of the USSR, on 22 June 1941. It involved some 3.8 million German soldiers and 2.9 million Soviet soldiers, along a front line of over 1800 miles.

By sheer scale, the Normandy invasion of 6 June 1944 doesn't even come close, although it was the most complex amphibious invasion in history.

Yes, they jumped early on June 6 when it was still dark. The infantry landed on the beaches several hours later, in daylight.

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the five beaches were: Utah, Omaha, Juno, Sword and Gold

stop lieing you know you made that up

G.I's(goverment issue),marines,different army's.

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