jared and ryan. general facts 2 million british, french and canadians were trying to invade the...
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Jared and Ryan
GENERAL FACTS • 2 million British, French and Canadians were trying to invade the Normandy fort that
Germany had control over
• 195,000 naval personnel manned 6,939 naval vessels (including 1,200 warships and 15 hospital ships).
• 127 more planes were lost on d day
• Air support operations often overlooked in the success of D-Day had significant losses, Between the 1st of April and the 5th of June, 1944, the Allies flew 14,000 missions losing, 12,000 airmen and 2,000 aircraft.
• Ended on August 19 1944
KEY PLAYERS• Britain, Canada and France teamed up to create and alliance
• The enemy target was to take down Germany
• And get control of the Fort
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DATES, LOCATION AND MAJOR PLAYERS
• Happened on June 6 1944
• More than 1 million were killed and left lying on the beach
• There was many pre planning and fake maps were made to throw the enemy off
• The largest seaborne invasion in history.
• General Dwight D. Eisenhower commanded the operation, and plans were made to land in Normandy, west of where the German troops and artillery are built up.
MAJOR PLAYERS, STATISTICS AND FACTS • Bernard Montgomery was put in charge of the ground troops
• Allied troops faced challenging defenses as part of Hitler’s Atlantic Wall, which had been built all along the coast using 100,000 workers
• New gadgets designed for D-Day included a “swimming tank” and a flame throwing tank called “the crocodile”. There were also collapsible motorbikes
HOW IT AFFECTED THE WAR • This battle was the first time back in France since the fall of France and the escape at
Dunkirk
• If they didn’t get back into France they wouldn’t of beat Hitler and they would of lost the war
• This was big break through because they got a lot of information and pushed the Germans back
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