What was the main purpose of D-Day (operation overlord)?

Answer 1

~D-Day is a common term relating to numerous operations, so it is good that you specified Overlord. When the allies invaded Europe (in Sicily and Italy) they kicked off on D-Day, for instance. "D-Day" is simply military nomenclarture to designate the initiation of an operation. Thus, the purpose of the Overlord D-Day was to initiate Overlord.

The main purpose of Overlord was to win. The secondary purpose was to win. Come to think of it, the only purpose was to win. Most military operations have that little quirk in common. Vietnam, Afghanistan and Iraq are the exceptions.
If you really don't know what Overlord was and what it was about, stay under that rock you've been hiding under all your life.

Answer 2

The main purpose of DDay and Operation Overlord was to take and possess a foothold on the European continent that would be used as the springboard for further military operations.

Answer 3

When the US entered the war, Roosevelt and Churchill reaffirmed a "Germany first" strategy, and the War Department subsequently developed Bolero, a buildup of US forces in Britain, and Roundup, an operation to push straight across the channel that would drive the short 600 miles or so to Berlin, by way of her industrial heart in the Ruhr valley, to destroy the German capacity to wage war. Reality set in, and Roundup morphed into Overlord (a year behind schedule), but the aim was the same.

Answer 4

As the tide of battle in World War II began to turn in favour of the Allies, the U.S. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower had the task of forming the largest invasion fleet in history in order to effect an amphibious landing on the northern coast of France. If successful, the landing would be the starting point for a massive Allied thrust eastward through France and on into the heart of Nazi Germany. While the invasion plans were being formed by American and British commanders in England, Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, the German commander charged with resisting the expected invasion, was strengthening the German defensive fortifications on the coastline of France by the construction of underwater obstacles, bombproof bunkers, and minefields.

Answer 5

Its main purpose was to recapture Nazi-occupied France, thus opening the door for the Allied capture of Germany and a way to end the war in Europe. After the European war was over, more men and reasources could be transfered to the Pacific theater for the then-expected invasion of Japan. (The planners probably didn't know about the atomic bombs).

Answer 6

1. 2nd Front in Europe.
2. Liberate Europe
3. Drive the Nazis out
4. Defeat the Nazis
5. Take pressure off Russians in E Front

Answer 7

The liberation of France, and then Europe.

Answer 8

To invade Europe and Defeat those Nazi Basterds

Answer 9

To deliver a Birthday cake to Hitler.