history help d-day?

Question

please tell me the "who, what, where, when, why" on d-day normandy invasion

Answer 1

06 June, 1944. The combined Allied Forces crossed the English Channel and began the freeing of France and other occupied countries from the nazi war criminals.

Answer 2

D-Day was the beginning of the British and Allied invasion of Western Europe during the Second World War and marked the beginning of the campaign for victory in Europe.

In 1944, the course of the Second World War was turning in favour of the Allies. Now it was decided to make a decisive thrust for victory. The planned invasion, the largest invasion in history, consisted of 1,200 fighting ships, 10,000 planes, 4,126 landing craft, 804 transport ships, and hundreds of amphibious and other special purpose tanks. An amphibious landing in Northern France would be followed by a sweep eastwards towards the German capital.

The invasion did not run entirely on schedule. The attack had to be postponed for 24 hour due to stormy conditions. After the weather had settled, the Allies landed successfully in Normandy and the combined forces of the R.A.F. and American Air Force knocked out key enemy installations. But due to paralysing congestion on the beaches and robust resistance by the Panzar divisions, the Allies failed to take the town of Caen as anticipated. A month of heavy fighting followed before Caen was secured and the Allies were able to press on to Berlin and eventually secure victory.

The term D-Day was military parlance for the day on which a combined attack was to take place when the date had not yet been determined or when secrecy was essential. June 6th became immortalised as D-day and successive operations could not be given that term. The invasion of Okinawa began on L-Day and the proposed invasion of Japan would have begun on X-Day had the Japanese not previously surrendered.

Answer 3

D-Day was the invasion of fortress Europe at Normandy, France. At the time it was the largest amphibious operation ever made.
It happened on the morning of June 6, 1944. The invasion troops were made up of units from the American, British(including troops from various commonwealth nations like Canada and Australia), Free French plus several other nations that escape my mind right now. It was both an amphibious and Airborne attack. Of the airborne troops there were 2 types, traditional parachute types and glider troops. The reason for the invasion was to bring about the end of the German 3rd Reich.

Answer 4

June 6, 1944. The German Army had overrun virtually all of Europe. They had fortified the beaches from the North Sea to the Spanish border all up and down the French coast. Germany had invaded Poland, Russia, France, Holland, Belgium, Norway, the Balkan countries, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, Greece, Albania, among others. The Russians were pushing from the East. There were American and British troops working up Italy and were about to liberate Rome on June 6, 1944. On that day, American Marines and Navy were in action to liberate Guam from the Japanese, Germany's ally.
On the night of the fifth of June, thousands of British and American naval ships began shelling the 4 beaches in Normandy that the Allies (US, UK, Canada, Free French among others) were going to invade. The British and Canadians were to take Sword and Juno beaches. The Americans were to take Utah and Omaha beaches. Sword and Juno fell easily. Utah was easier than Omaha, in part because Army Rangers scaled sheer cliffs at Pointe du Hoc on which were located artillery that would have raked the American soldiers landing on Utah beach. The losses that the Army suffered in a few hours on Omaha beach were grievous. Somewhere around 3,000 killed, at least 1,000 more than have died in 4 YEARs in Iraq.
The Allies did take their beaches and by June 7th had started to move inland into Normandy. The Germans had the chance to counterattack in the next few days while the Allies were concentrated on the beaches and a short distance inland. Hitler vetoed the idea of a counterattack because he believed that the Normandy invasion was a mere diversion for the main invasion that he thought would take place around the city of Calais, France, the shortest point across the English Channel from Dover, UK.
I hope that I have answered who, what, where, when and why. If you need painless background on the Normandy invasion, rent The Longest Day (about the events in Normandy on June 6, 1944) and Saving Private Ryan (first 1/2 hour depicts the conditions on Omaha Beach.

Answer 5

When - June 6, 1944

Who - Americans landed at Omaha & Sword beaches, the British landed at Gold & Juno beaches

Germans were commanded by Erwin Rommel & von Rundstedt.

Why - to liberate western Europe & bring the war to Germany & ulimately defeat Hitler & his Nazis.

Answer 6

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Answer 7

one day in 1973 on april 1st president bill clinton decided to get his dick sucked and therefore calling the say D day. Now this angered the mexican population of spain and a war broke out. The portugese decided to aid the spanish....well because they are portugese. The war ended with a bloody lightsaber dual in which bill clinton killed hillary clinton who was a secret portugese spy and that is how the great depression started.