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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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How many graves are at d-day memorial site in France?
The American cemetery at Normandy is the NORMANDY AMERICAN CEMETERY AND MEMORIAL located at Collieville sur Mur. This is the one that was filmed in the beginning and end of the movie "Saving Private Ryan". The official government site that has the history of the American cemeteries around the world is American Battle Monuments Commission or www.abmc.gov.
This ABMC site has a data base of the names and units of the American soldiers buried there at Normandy. You can search by names or by units and it will give you the soldier's name, rank, serial number, date of death, burial cemetery and burial plot location.
Note that the soldiers buried at this cemetery includes soldiers that died at places other than Normandy. Someone showed me a Father and Son who is buried there beside each other. The Father was Col. Ollie Reed of the 29th Infantry Division that landed on Omaha Beach and was killed about 30 July. His son was a Lt Ollie Reed Jr. of the 91st Infantry Division who died on 6 July in Italy.
Go to the ABMC site and read the history and statistics. The cemetery also has a list of the soldiers who were Missing in Action.
To take back Normandy and Paris so the Allies could push back Germany back to Germany and speed V-E day (Victory Europe Day)
How many casualties were in the Normandy invasion?
I think I there was around 425,000 casualties on the Allies and Axis sides combined.
June 6, 1944 the Americans fail on D-Day
Germans invade Britain in Operation Sea Lion, defeat the Russians
August 13, 1953 Hitler invades America in Operation Humpback Whale, takes the east coast and secures the White House
June 3, 1955 after nearly two years Hitler Nukes the U.S. and becomes all around great leader
Heil Hitler
What does the D stand for in the D-day of World War 2?
It doesn't stand for anything. It is simply a military term that described the day any particular military operation would commence. The same with the term "H-hour"
What was the terrain like on the Normandy beach that d-day was fought on?
The beaches at Normandy are narrow strips of sand about 50 to 100 yards wide. On the other side of the beaches there are steep cliffs or hills.
Why were the Germans surprised by the allied invasion at Normandy?
Because they did know it was going to be an invasion. But they did not know where or when.
How did troops clear barbed wire at the Normandy invasion?
One of the main tools for removing barbed wire was the Bangalore torpedo, which are lengths of metal pipe filled with an explosive, the lengths are screwed together slid under the wire and then set off.
How many soldiers were killed during the D-Day invasion at Omaha Beach?
American casualties at Omaha on D-Day numbered around 3,000 out of 34,000 men, most in the first few hours.
How many troops were in Operation Overlord?
D-DAY LANDINGS (June 6, 1944) #Utah Beach - 23,250 American troops were landed. US 1st Army 7th and 5th US Corps #Omaha Beach - 34,250 American troops were landed. 29th and 1st US Div. #Gold Beach - 24,970 British troops were landed. 50th Division, British 2nd Army #Juno Beach - 21,400 Canadian troops were landed. 3rd Canadian Div. #Sword Beach - 28,845 British troops were landed. 3rd British Div. By 12th June 326,000 troops and 54,000 vehicles were on the beaches. By 2nd July 2 another 929,000 men and 177,000 vehicles had been put ashore.
Did eisenhower make a mistake during World War 2?
yes by not allowing patton to seize berlin we got the cold war with the soviets, also some of his decisions led to the battle of the bulge, patton knew this. yes patton may have been a loose cannon but he was simply a great warrior..and if he would have been allowed to do some of the things he wanted lots of americans wouldnt have died, like at the battle of the bulge but eisenhower snubbed almost every patton request. the one that makes people think patton had lost it was his desire to take the 3rd army and drive the russians back to moscow. could we have won?? some people say yes, some say no but patton was right about the russians. stalin was worse than sudaam hussein ever was. anyway dde made mistakes , for sure
What would have happened had D-Day been lost?
Western Allies (Britain, US, etc) wouldn't have landed in Europe. By June 1944 (the D-Day Landings), the Soviet Union (Russia) was aleady approaching the German's front door. Translation: If the Western Allies didn't reach Berlin, the Soviets would take it over first. Germany would have lost the war, regardless of the Normandy Landings; the main war was between Russia and Germany, and Germany was losing.
Why did Josef Stalin encourage the Western Allies to invade Western Europe as soon as possible?
At the time, Nazi Germany was pressing hard against the Soviet Union on the USSR's west. It would not be unreasonable to believe that Stalin wanted the Allies to invade Western Europe as a way of drawing off German troops, etc.
Why was Normandy chosen for D-Day's attack?
The raid on Dieppe had shown, at great cost, that taking a French port intact was not a viable option. The disinformation plan that the invasion, the Germans knew it was coming, would be in the Calais region, had some success. Naval & Air supremacy were vital to the Allies, the continual buildup had to be sustainable and massive: Most importantly, once ashore, the US, Canadian & British forces could not be repelled. If Sealion planning is compared, the Nazi planning for invading England in 1940, then it would have to be in SE of England. Fortunately the Allies, by 1944, had the benefit, if you will, of studying their options essentially since Dunkirk. If France was to be liberated as a stepping stone towards Germany, then only a massive, wide reaching, overwhelming plan could be successful. The Italian peninsula had shown just what defenses the Germans could use, the Alps appeared large in the minds of any move through Austria to Germany. Looking back, it seems that D Day was plain sailing, not quite as plain as it appers in the event, Omaha was close to being a disaster, but surprise was all. The invasion, subsequently, of the south of France Op Anvil/Dragoon, was, in the event, a damp squib, though not to those liberated, I'm sure. In hindsight, just what were the alternatives to Normandy? Certrainly the weather was not conducive to a channel crossing at the time, and, as I say, it was not quite as plain sailing as it subsequently appears.
Does D-Day stand for Desegnated day?
No it just stands for Day.
like H-Hour, D-Day just signifies the day upon which the event/operation will occur.
I was also curios about this, so I looked it up. If my research is correct, V-Day means Valentine's Day. :-]
