invation of normandy

1. Sam Maneval

2.  George C. Marshall led the
planning of operation overlord
 Everyone be leaved that he would
lead the invasion but he decided to
stay in Washington and advise
president Roosevelt
 General Eisenhower led the
invasion instead

3.  The allies gave germany false
clues to make them be leave the
invasion would be near Calais on
the English channel
 The allies true target was
Normandy
 On June 6,1944 the invasion began

5. Aircrafts caring paratrooper wore the first wave
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of the attack
The job of the paratroopers was to block roads to
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the beaches and stop Germany troops from getting
to the beach and so that the allies could move
inland once the invasion was complete
The drops did not go as planed because of darkness,
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confutation, and enemy fire.
All most all of the teems did not land where they
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wore sabots to men fond themselves alone and
looking for each other it cased much confusion
As troops were dropped they wore picked off by
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German troops
One out of five men was killed, wounded, or
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imprisoned

7.  Five beaches wore targeted the sword
beach, Juno beach, Gold beach, Omaha
beach, and Utah beach
 The U.S. would invade two islands Utah,
and the Omaha beaches
 The Canadians goy one beaches Juno
beach
 The British got two beaches the Sword,
and the Gold beaches
 The troops would be drooped at the
beaches by naïve and use shuttles to get
to shore

8.  When the Canadian troops landed
the tide was up and there wore
mines under the water and when the
shuttles hit the bottom they wore
destroyed 30% of settles wore lost
 Most men had to wade on to the
beach
 Once they wore on the beach they
wore hit with a wall of enemy fire

9.  This beach was the hardest to
capture
 It was six miles wide and the
largest of the 5 beaches
 It was over looked by cliffs
 The beach was lined with dragons
teeth and heavily mined

10.  The capture of this beach was the
most successful
 The beach was littered with
Rommel's and mines
 German defense had been
neutralized by constant and
accurate naval bombardment

11.  The area around the beach was
lightly defended compared to the
others
 The troops met with little
resistant's
 The troops moved swiftly off the
beach and met up with paratrooper
that had landed in land

12. German fortifications wore weak compared to the
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ones on Omaha beach
The paratroopers dropped in this area created
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confusion and uncertainty for the Germans in this
area
The air drop went according to plan but the sea
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landing did not go so well
Strong currents took the landing crafts 2000
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meters away from original landing Pont
Where they landed was less defended
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Not nearly as many men wore lost as on Omaha
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beach
Commander ordered advance and by noon they had
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met up with group on paratroopers

13.  All beaches resulted in allied
victory
 Not long after they recaptured
Normandy