D-Day | The Invasion of Normandy by Isaiah Setzer

Date:

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Normandy was breached on June 6th, in 1944.

Landing:

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The Soldiers, ready to land at the beaches and push forward, ready to face whatever God had prepared for them with high amounts of rage and fear.

Works Cited:

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https://www.britannica.com/event/Normandy-Invasion

https://www.history.com/articles/d-day

https://www.biography.com/activists/medgar-evers

https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/the-10-things-you-need-to-know-about-d-day

https://blesma.org/10-d-day-facts/

"The beginning of the end":

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A year beforehand, Hitler reinforced the beaches and coastlines with bases and other blockades. The invasion was supposed to happen June 5th, but the weather conditions held them up. 2,876,000 troops were in the UK at the time, preparing to push into Normandy. Finally, on June 6th, they left England and headed for Normandy, France. Almost 13,000 aircraft and 5,000 ships also followed behind to ensure their safety.

The push:

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The soldiers wading through the thick water, fear in their bodies and prayers that they won't die.

Archived footage from D-Day

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The fight:

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Beforehand, aircraft had landed a raid against Normandy to weaken them. When the Americans began to push Normandy, they had specific beaches to land at. There wasn't much of a fight at the Utah, Gold, Juno, and Sword beaches. However, there was more of a fight at Omaha beach. The Americans were facing the 352nd Division of the Germans, which were the strongest/best division, and had to struggle to capture the beach. This capture almost failed, and came to the cost of almost 2,000 casualties. After capturing, they pushed even further into France, and eventually split up even more to capture more cities/places to push towards Germany and end Hitler's reign.

The end:

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The battle ended the same day it started. This capture started the push into Germany and France, and was a big contributor to making a path to Hitler, and the success of the war.

Medgar Adams:

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Medgar was a Civil Rights Activist that was drafted into the army during WWII. He was a supply deliverer during D-Day and other missions and was discharged in 1946. However, after serving in D-Day and being discharged, he went on to fight for his people's rights. He later became the first field secretary for the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) in 1954, and proceeded to protest for Civil Rights. He was very strong and prominent with his ways, and was viewed as someone who shaped the future of rights for African-Americans. Even so, some people viewed him as a lower life form and that he was committing evil acts. This eventually led to his assassination on June 12th, 1963. Still, his service during D-Day and after the war led to some great contributions to the future.

Loading up:

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The Armies loading up to head to Normandy.

Quote:

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“If any blame or fault attaches to the attempt, it is mine alone.” - General Dwight Eisenhower.

Video detailing D-Day

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Extra site (for summary or revision)

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General Eisenhower giving a speech as they leave for the Normandy Invasion.

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Some of the victims from D-Day, having to sit out and heal their wounds.

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Omaha Beach:

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Omaha Beach is 6 miles long and is covered by cliffs that are 30 meters high. There were heavy fortifications, along with the water being mined, the beach being monitored by the 352nd German Division(very powerful section of the German army), and 13 bases for machine gunners to shoot from. The Allies had to push at different areas of the beach, and 29 were supposed to push two. Out of those 29 tanks, only 2 of them made it when pushing through the waters. Only a certain number of people successfully landed and were alive; the others were shot down, blown up, or another form of death. All landings on the beach stopped at 8:30. However, the Germans were overtaken by the Allies due to a flank from the other beaches after they were conquered. Around 2,400 Americans died at Omaha. However, 1,200 of the 352nd division died, which was about 20%. This is quite the big decrease if you really look at it.

The battlefield and a slight taste of the fighting and chaos:

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The idea:

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The invasion was named Overlord, and the mission was to push against the Germans at the beaches of Normandy, France, and make a start to push towards Hitler.

The assists:

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Planes above the beaches were laying down cover fire and taking out other enemy aircraft and ships before they could attack the troops. They also had naval support with carriers and ships laying down fire on other ships and areas on the beach.

The casualties:

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There were more than 5,000 ally deaths among the American forces. However, there were close to 9,000 Nazi casualties at the end of the D-Day Invasion.

Impact:

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Thanks to the push on Normandy, in the summer of 1944, all of Northern France was freed by the Allies, and in spring of 1945, Germany was overtaken by the Allies and the war ended. The push allowed them to gain a small area they had control in and eventually grow powerful enough to strategize and push into other European areas, which shows what this capture meant to the Allies. *Note - D-Day is referred to as "The beginning of the end", which throws an addition point to how important it was.

4 Interesting Facts and Extra information:

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The majority of the paratroopers died. So many were shot mid-air or captured later on, and it was VITAL that you landed at the correct spot as one or it could mean your end is near.
D-Day had a rehearsal? 2 months before actual D-Day, on April 28th, a simulation called Exercise Tiger was hosted and was a basic simulation of what to do on and at the Normandy Invasion.
Little fact, there is only close to 100 D-Day survivors alive to this day.
There were actually more D-Day's throughout the war, but the Normandy is the most well known due to it being the largest and most important battle out of all of them.