D-Day presentation

By: Glory and Brayden

When, Where: Date and LocationD-day first began the morning of the 6th of June 1944, in Normandy, France.

Why was this seen as significant

D-Day was significant because it was the turning point of World War II. It marked the start of the Allies invasion of Western Europe and paved the way for Allied victory.

D day is the day that the allied forces landed on the coast of France (Normandy) to begin the liberation of France and eventual defeat of the German war machine, resulting in the end of World War II in Europe.

Who? - The invasion of Normandy (D-day) was the invasion and establishment of western allied forces in

Normandy. - Allied land forces that saw combat in Normandy on that day came from Canada the free French

forces and the UK and the US. In the following weeks of the invasion, Polish forces also participated as well as contingents from Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Greece and the Netherlands.

Most of the Countries above also provided air and Naval support, as did the Royal Australian Air forces, the Royal New Zealand Air Force, and the Royal Norwegian Navy.

These forces were also major parties involved in the D-day invasion.

• British 6th Airborne Division.

• British I Corps, British 3rd Infantry Division and the British 27th Armoured Brigade.

• Canadian 3rd Infantry Division, Canadian 2nd Armoured Brigade

• British XXX Corps, British 50th Infantry Division and British 8th Armoured Brigade.

• British 79th Armoured Division

• U.S. V Corps, U.S. 1st Infantry Division and U.S. 29th Infantry Division.

• , U.S. 4th Infantry Division. U.S. 101st Airborne Division. U.S. 82nd Airborne Division

What? Description: The Normandy Battle lasted a long 24 days. The death toll hit around, 425,000 by the

end of the 24 days.

Why was it an important battle? The D-day invasion of Normandy by allied forces in WW2 was a crucial turning point in the war, both military and diplomatic. It opened an extremely vital new front that almost immediately threatened Germany’s industrial heart. It more directly aided the Russian than previous US and UK offenses in Africa and North Africa as it pulled resources out of the Eastern Front areas.

Strategies: The military historian Liddell Hart says that the purpose of strategy is “to diminish the possibility of resistance.” “Even if a decisive battle to be the goal,” he says “the aim of strategy must to bring this battle under the most advantageous circumstances. And the more advantageous the circumstances the less, proportionately, will be the fighting.” To ensure a position of advantage on D-Day allied strategy called for keeping the German army too dispersed to mount an effective counter attack.

Canada’s part in D-Day: There was estimated 1000 Canadians killed in Normandy, And around 14, 000 Canadians on the starting day of the D-day battle.

Guns and Weapons used