What is your opinion about d-day?

Question

What is your opinion about d-day?
i was researching about d-day in the invasion of normandy and i want ot know your opinion about the war

Answer 1

D-Day is a term often used in military parlance to denote the day on which a combat attack or operation is to be initiated.

the best known D-Day is June 6, 1944 — the day on which the Battle of Normandy began — commencing the Western Allied effort to liberate mainland Europe from Nazi occupation during World War II. However, many other invasions and operations had a designated D-Day, both before and after Operation Overlord. The invasion of France was originally planned for June 5, 1944 but bad weather and heavy seas delayed that.

D-Day for the invasion of Normandy by the Allies was originally set for 5 June 1944, but bad weather caused Gen. Dwight. D Eisenhower to delay until 6 June and that date has been popularly referred to ever since by the short title "D-Day". (In French, it is called Le Jour J or, occasionally, Le Choc.) Because of this, planners of later military operations sometimes avoided the term. For example, Douglas MacArthur's invasion of Leyte began on "A-Day", and the invasion of Okinawa began on "L-Day". The Allies proposed invasions of Japan that would have begun on "X-Day" (Kyūshū, scheduled for November 1945) and "Y-Day" (Honshū, scheduled for March 1946).

The Battle of Normandy was fought in 1944 between Nazi Germany in Western Europe and the invading Allied forces as part of the larger conflict of World War II. Operation Overlord was the codename for the Allied invasion of northwest Europe, which began on June 6, 1944, and ended on August 19, 1944, when the Allies crossed the River Seine. Over sixty years later, the Normandy invasion still remains the largest seaborne invasion in history, involving almost three million troops crossing the English Channel from England to Normandy. Operation Neptune was the codename given to the initial assault phase of Operation Overlord; its mission, to gain a foothold on the continent, started on June 6, 1944 (most commonly known by the name D-Day) and ended on June 30, 1944.

Answer 2

In hindview, after the conquest of Sicily, a strike at the "soft underbelly", ie Southern France might have been far more productive, and disturbing to the Germans, than the bloody and unproductive invasion of Italy.

Given the situation Eisenhower faced in 1944, though, his obvious choice was the Pas de Calais. It would not only have been closer both to England and to the heart of Germany but would have avoided the impossible terrain that held the Normandy invasion in check for so long.

The problem here is that Hitler, no idiot, knew this too, and had a formidable defence in place. The Lowlands look good on the map, but that does not account for extreme navigational difficulties.

Normandy at least offered the possibility of tenable beachheads and of withdrawal in case of failure.

So Normandy it was, and thank heaven it succeeded.

Answer 3

Major turning point in the war in Europe that led to the beginning of the end for Nazis. Europe as we know it today was a result of that outcome from ending the war. Considering the impact and the amount of planning and luck involve. I am glad cable news was not around to broadcast everything to the enemy. Fortunately we will probably not see another campaign like that with the loss of lives on both side due to the advance in military technology.

Answer 4

Opinion? It was historical beginning of the Allied Forces invasion of mainland Europe. There's not much "opinion" to it other than it was the first step toward defeating the Nazi regime led by Hitler. Many US soldiers gave their lives so millions today can live in freedom.

Answer 5

D-day occurred because the US entered the war too late. They should've been helping France and other countries against the invading German agressors earlier.

I'm not dismissing the Americans that lost their lives, I just wonder if such a bloody battle would've been necessary if we weren't assisting our allies sooner in the war.

Answer 6

in many cases a fulfillment with some substantial flaws. inspite of remarkable the help of US widespread officers who had operated in the Pacific, Ike and organisation refused to take their suggestion RE pre-landing shore bombardment. D-Day naval bombarment replaced into sparse with the aid of Pacific standards and our air attack replaced into under crisp besides. the U. S. flubbed mightly with the aid of refusing to take the British furnish of expert armored enginering attack autos. Dumb. We additionally did a poor interest of awaiting what occurs after the beachead; we acted as though we could under no circumstances heard of the bocage u . s . of Normandy the place we lost a lot of troops. lower back, an incredible fulfillment yet wrong.

Answer 7

It began the liberation of France from four years of brutal Nazi occupation at the cost of more than 1900 American lives.

It was also the beginning of the end of the Nazi regime itself.
It was great!

Answer 8

Overwelming allied air superiority ground the vaunted German Wehrmact into the ground. Hitler's blunders contributed to the debacle....

Answer 9

It was bloody and horrible, but it had to be done. France had to be retaken by the Allies.

Answer 10

More detail please- what specifically do you want an opinion on?