D-Day and the Normandy Campaign - The National WWII Museum
On June 6, 1944, the Allies launched the long-anticipated invasion of Normandy, France. Soldiers from the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, and other Allied nations faced Hitler's …
Operation Neptune: A Tale of Two Landings
The assault of the Normandy coast and Hitler’s Atlantic Wall is one of the most significant events in history. The landing of over 130,000 Allied troops on the shores of occupied France was …
'A Pure Miracle': The D-Day Invasion of Normandy
NORMANDY BEACHHEAD, June 12, 1944 – Due to a last-minute alteration in the arrangements, I didn’t arrive on the beachhead until the morning after D-day, after our first wave of assault …
D-Day Doctrine: Six Elements for a Successful Landing
In World War I, the 1915 Australian-New Zealand and French effort in the Dardanelles to knock out the Ottoman Empire underscored the problematic nature of amphibious assaults. With the …
The Airborne Invasion of Normandy - The National WWII Museum
There were four glider assaults on D-Day bringing in badly needed reinforcements. The glider landings were almost as poorly dispersed as the parachute drops but with fewer casualties. In …
Planning for D-Day: Preparing Operation Overlord
Despite their early agreement on a strategy focused on defeating “Germany First,” the US and British Allies engaged in a lengthy and divisive debate over how exactly to conduct this …
Operation Dragoon: Invasion of Southern France | The National …
Originally designated Operation Anvil and intended to support the hammer blow of the Normandy landings two months earlier, the renamed Operation Dragoon fulfilled an American desire for a …
Invasion Area The Allied code names for the beaches along the 50- mile stretch of Normandy coast targeted for landing were Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno and Sword. Omaha was the costliest …
D-Day: The Allies Invade Europe - The National WWII Museum
After much deliberation, it was decided that the landings would take place on the long, sloping beaches of Normandy. There, the Allies would have the element of surprise. The German high …
The First Man on the Beaches of Normandy
Originally designated Operation Anvil and intended to support the hammer blow of the Normandy landings two months earlier, the renamed Operation Dragoon fulfilled an American desire for a …