D-day

__ D-day __  Allied land forces that combat in Normandy on 6 June came from, the United Kingdom, The United States and the Free French Forces.
 * 6 June 1944 was the date for the largest and amphibious invasion in history. It was called Operation Overlord. The Allied mission was to secure the beach of Normandy, France. So the downfall of Nazi Germany could start. **

The Normandy invasion began with overnight parachute and glider landings, massive air attacks and naval bombardments, early morning amphibious landings on five beaches codenamed Juno, Gold, Omaha, Utah, and Sword and during the evening the remaining elements of the parachute divisions landed.

The plan of the operation was to make a stop and take over of the Nazis world empire. As long as Normandy could be secured, the downfall of Nazi Germany could begin. About 6,900 vessels were to be involved in the invasion. A total of 12,000 aircraft under, Including 4,100 landing craft, 1,000 transports to fly in the parachute troops, and 5,000 tons of bombs was dropped against the German defenses.

Allied forces rehearsed their roles for D-Day months before the invasion. In the months leading up to the invasion, the allied forces conducted a deception operation, Operation Fortitude aimed at misleading the Germans regarding the date and place of the invasion.

There were several leaks to or on D-Day. One such leak was the crossword that came out in “//The Herald and Review”// six days before the beach landings were to take place. The US government later declared that this was just a coincidence.

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 * Källa: ** __http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normandy_Landings__

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