D-Day

D-Day D-Day-June 6, 1944 was the focal point of the greatest and most planned out invasion of all time. The Allied invasion of France was long awaited and tactfully thought out. Upon the outcome of the invasion hung the fate of Europe. If the invasion failed, the United States might turn its full attention to the enemy in the Pacific, Japan, leaving Britain alone with most of its resources spent in mounting the invasion. That would enable Nazi Germany to assemble all its strength against the Soviet Union. By the time American forces returned to Europe, Germany might be already in control of the entire continent. For months the Allied forces of millions of soldiers trained in Britain waiting for the Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Forces, General Eisenhower to set a date. June 5, 1944 was to be the day with the H-hour at 06:30. The vast power of an Allied Army 2.5 million strong lay ready in England, ready to spring across the channel into German occupied France. Some of the more than 5000 strong armada of ships and small craft of the invasion fleet had already put to sea. On that June d-day, beach, forces, invasion, divisions, allied, troops, landing, two, omaha, german, first, beaches, wave, soldiers, made, inland, three, out, operation, one, june, europe, end, craft, 1944, time, tanks, strong, sea, plan, normandy, men, make, juno, general