D-Day Essay, Research Paper

United States battles U.S. & Britain invade which they call D-Day On June 6, 1944 there was a big invasion on the northern coast of France. Normandy was the site of the invasion. The attack was scheduled to be a day earlier on June 5. Germany was occupied and not expected to be attacked from the north.The allied forces were fighting in Italy and the generals of those nations were planning an invasion. The leader of the invasion was General Eisenhower. Early on the morning of June 6 an invasion fleet of some 7,000 ships landed American and British divisions on Normandy beaches. Airborne divisions dropped behind the German

lines. In the air Allies had complete command. This invasion was decisive and the outcome of the war in Europe depended upon its success. In the first week the Allies established beachheads between Cherbourg and the city of Caen along a 60-mile-wide strip. Within a week they drove about 20 miles inland. Casualties for the landing were about 15,000 out of some 150,000 engaged. The British captured Caen on July 9. The Americans broke out of their beachhead positions on July 25. Armored columns headed inland, and Paris fell to the Allies on August 25.