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D-DAY

D-DAY. OPERATION OVERLORD: THE ALLIED INVASION OF NORTHWESTERN EUROPE JUNE, 1944. PLANNING FOR “D-DAY”. LATE 1943-EARLY ‘44: ALLIED LEADERS HAVE DECIDED TO BEGIN PREPARATIONS FOR AN INVASION OF N.W. EUROPE ALLIED LAND, AIR, & NAVAL UNITS ARE MOVED TO ENGLAND FOR TRAINING

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D-DAY

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  1. D-DAY OPERATION OVERLORD: THE ALLIED INVASION OF NORTHWESTERN EUROPE JUNE, 1944

  2. PLANNING FOR “D-DAY” • LATE 1943-EARLY ‘44: • ALLIED LEADERS HAVE DECIDED TO BEGIN PREPARATIONS FOR AN INVASION OF N.W. EUROPE • ALLIED LAND, AIR, & NAVAL UNITS ARE MOVED TO ENGLAND FOR TRAINING • SO WHAT? • UNITS ARE WITHDRAWN FROM OTHER OPERATIONAL AREAS • EX: ITALY & N. AFRICA • WHY? • MANY OF THEM HAVE COMBAT EXPERIENCE AGAINST GERMANS • MANY ARE FAMILIAR W/ AMPHIBIOUS TACTICS • RESULT? • MASSIVE TROOP INCREASE IN ENGLAND • GERMANS ARE ALERTED TO COMING INVASION

  3. PLANNING FOR D-DAY • PROBLEM: • GERMANS KNOW ALLIED INVASION WILL BE ACROSS THE ENGLISH CHANNEL • QUESTION? WHERE WILL THE INVASION LAND • HITLER: CONVINCED INVASION WILL BE AT NARROWEST POINT ACROSS THE CHANNEL (the “Pas de Calais”) • RESULT? • HITLER WON’T ALLOW REINFORCEMENTS MOVED INTO NORMANDY • ANY TROOP MOVEMENT MUST HAVE HIS PERSONAL APPROVAL • RESULT? GERMAN TROOP NUMBERS IN NORMANDY ARE NOT AS STRONG AS POSSIBLE

  4. OPERATION OVERLORD • JUNE 6, 1944 • GOAL: • ALLIED INVASION OF NORTHERN EUROPE • MASSIVE AMPHIBIOUS & AIRBORNE INVASION • TO ESTABLISH AN ALLIED ”BEACHHEAD” IN N. FRANCE • WHO? ALLIES (156,000 TROOPS, 4,000 LANDING CRAFT, 6000 SHIPS, 11,000 PLANES) • U.S.: • U.S. ARMY: AIRBORNE, AIR CORPS, INFANTRY, RANGERS • U.S. NAVY • U.S. COAST GUARD • BRITS.: • ARMY: AIRBORNE, INFANTRY • R.A.F. • ROYAL NAVY • CANADIANS: INFANTRY • FREE FRENCH: INFANTRY, NAVY • WHERE? NORMANDY BEACHES, FRANCE • GERMANS EXPECTED ATTACK TO ARRIVE IN DIFFERENT PART OF FRANCE • WHY? • GEORGE S. PATTON USED AS “DECOY” • HITLER WOULD NOT ALLOW REINFORCEMENTS MOVED TO NORMANDY

  5. HITLER’s ATLANTIC WALL, 1944

  6. ALLIED ASSAULT AREAS, NORMANDY, 1944

  7. OPERATION OVERLORD

  8. U.S. WAR DEPARTMENT PULBIC SERVICE POSTER, 1944

  9. U.S. “DAKOTA” C-47 TRANSPORT PLANE

  10. DAKOTA C-47 & RE-ENACTORS, PRESENT-DAY

  11. U.S. AIRBORNE TROOPERS PREPARE FOR DROP, D-DAY

  12. U.S. AIRBORNE DROP, NORMANDY, JUNE 6, 1944

  13. U.S. AIRBORNE DROP, ST. MERE-EGLISE, NORMANDY, JUNE 6, 1944

  14. ST. MERE-EGLISE, NORMANDY, FRANCE, PRESENT-DAY

  15. U.S. ARMY ASSAULT AREAS, D-DAY UTAH BEACH, POINTE-DU-HOC, AND OMAHA BEACH

  16. POINTE-DU-HOC, NORMANDY

  17. POINTE-DU-HOC, NORMANDY

  18. U.S. ARMY 2nd RANGER BATTALION SCALING POINTE-DU-HOC CLIFFS,JUNE 6, 2014

  19. U.S. ARMY RANGER TRAINING ON CLIFF-SCALING LADDER,1944

  20. U.S. ARMY 2nd RANGERS ASSAULT POINTE-DU-HOC

  21. POINTE-DU-HOC, NORMANDY, FRANCE

  22. WWII GERMAN BEACH OBSTACLES, NORMANDY

  23. U.S. INFANTRY APPROACH OMAHA BEACH, NORMANDYJUNE 6, 1944

  24. U.S ARMY SECOND WAVE ASSAULTS OMAHA BEACH

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