D Day
- 1. D-Day
- 2. Operation Overlord General Dwight D. Eisenhower was selected to be the commander of the operation Operation entailed landing nine divisions of sea and airborne troops, over 150,000 men, along a 50-mile stretch of coast in 24 hours
- 3. June 6, 1944 D-Day was the term used for the day an operation or attack was to be initiated June 5, 1944 was the original date for D-Day A storm that arose on the English Channel threatened the operation so it was postponed until June 6, 1944.
- 4. The Airborne Mission: to confuse the Germans, protect the flanks of troops coming ashore, secure beach exits and capture certain targets Over 20,000 men American Airborne landed behind Omaha beach British Airborne landed behind sword beach
- 5. Air forces 11,000 air craft were part of Operation Overlord Over 1,000 air crafts flew directly over the convoys Bombers targeted supply lines bridges, etc. Right before troops landed, 10,000 tons of bombs and 5,000 artillery rounds (35 minutes) were dropped on German positions
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- 7. Utah 6:30 am the attack began on Utah beach First wave ended up 2,000 yards south of initial landing point because of strong currents Approximately 200 casualties
- 8. Omaha
- 9. Wide sandy beach Cliffs at each end of beach Fortified bluff behind the beach 32 out of 36 amphibious tanks sank off shore Many soldiers were killed waiting to get off boats or coming onto the beach ----- Navy destroyers moved close to shore Officers organized mixed companies Omaha I became a visitor to hell. --Pfc. Harry Parley, 116th Infantry Regiment, US 29th Division
- 10. Pointe du Hoc U.S. Army Rangers Elite soldiers Trained to accomplish an amphibious landing, scale the cliffs, and destroy battery 50 % casualties
- 11. Pointe du Hoc
- 12. Sword British Division Smooth landing City of Caen D-day Objective Remained in German control for weeks
- 13. Gold British 50 th Division "It was absolutely like clockwork -Lt. Pat Blamey, British 50th Division, Gold Beach
- 14. Juno Canadian 3 rd Division Rough seas 1/3 landing craft destroyed Approximately 1300 casualties
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