D-Day

D-Day INTRODUCTION Imagine if you will. Go back in time to June 5th, 1944 to a place known as England. You’re a British citizen use to hearing the sounds of war. These sounds include heavy transport vehicles, marine vessels and airplanes. It is nighttime and you have suddenly been awakened by louder than normal sounds. You step out of your house for a moment and to your surprise you see in the air, more planes than you ever thought existed. You wipe your eyes and focus on the mass. Through the darkness, you notice U.S. and British planes flying together in formation. This great site of combined military might means only one thing. Invasion! Feelings of pride, hope and cohesion among you and your countrymen replace those of uncertainty, fear and failure. Overjoyed, you return to your house and try to get some sleep. The next morning, June 6th, 1944, you awake extra early, anticipating some kind of national announcement. Just after 9:00am you hear your anticipation. “ Under the command of General Eisenhower, Allied naval forces supported by strong air forces began landing Allied armies this morning d-day, invasion, normandy, forces, calais, allied, troops, weather, 1944, time, supreme, knew, june, german, eisenhower, date, cossac, commander, churchill, aircraft, two, staff, sounds, sailed, planning, plan, one, off, landing, know, germans, fleets, ever, during, dummy