Normandy Operation Overlord

“This operation is not being planned with any alternatives. This operation is planned as a victory, and that’s the way it’s going to be. We’re going down there, and we’re throwing everything we have into it, and we’re going to make it a success.”. General Eisenhower depicts this battle as being a very important attack in order to eliminate the German forces completely in Normandy, France. With this operation comes with a variety of different strategies that contributed to the overall success of the mission. Without the missions, the overall operation would have failed in liberating France and defeating Germany. All Allies including Great Britain, Canada, America, and France came together to initiate their strategic plan taken place in the

This Operation Overlord, otherwise known as the “D-Day Invasion”, was considered a critical part of the overall success of the fall of Germany by their Normandy landings, deceiving strategies, and the actual events that contributed to the ending World War II successfully. To start off with, the build-up towards the Allied invasions of Normandy was the landing of the Allied troops in five different beaches, these landings initiated the beginning of the Invasion of Normandy. “Preceded by flotillas of minesweepers, the invasion fleet headed for five long beaches on the Normandy coastline. They were codenamed Sword, Juno, and Gold (where two British and one Canadian division were landing), and Omaha and Utah (where the leading battalions of three American divisions were headed). First beach to be invaded took place in the Utah Beach, although this landing caused may casualties from the United States paratroopers, either from drowning due to their own equipment or shot down from the sky by German warfare strikes. Those who successfully landed on the beach were dropped out of range from

The Gold Beach was invaded by British troops and the Germans defense was mostly wiped out by an aerial bomb. British warships were a huge necessity in defeating Germans by accurate shots. Vehicles cleared a path free from attacks and obstacles. British troops were able to claim the exits from Gold Beach and went directly inland. British forces claimed a village to use as a ground to unload cargo supplies. Canadian forces landed in Juno Beach and immediately stormed ashore and faced many dangers such as German forces and mined obstacles. Brave Canadian soldiers dashed through the open beach while Germans opened fire. Canadians and Germans engaged on hand-on-hand combat, and succeeded in defeating the Germans and proceed inland hence moving Operation Overlord forward. Another beach battle mentioned was Sword beach, “The landings of the British 3rd Infantry Division at the eastern end on Sword beach, between Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer and the River Orne, had heavy guns in support… The Overlord planners had increased this naval support because of the many German batteries in the sector.”. Sword Beach, like Utah, was lightly protected by German