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Jared and Ryan
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GENERAL FACTS • 2 million British, French and Canadians were trying to invade the Normandy fort that
Germany had control over
• 195,000 naval personnel manned 6,939 naval vessels (including 1,200 warships and 15 hospital ships).
• 127 more planes were lost on d day
• Air support operations often overlooked in the success of D-Day had significant losses, Between the 1st of April and the 5th of June, 1944, the Allies flew 14,000 missions losing, 12,000 airmen and 2,000 aircraft.
• Ended on August 19 1944
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KEY PLAYERS• Britain, Canada and France teamed up to create and alliance
• The enemy target was to take down Germany
• And get control of the Fort
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PICTURES
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DATES, LOCATION AND MAJOR PLAYERS
• Happened on June 6 1944
• More than 1 million were killed and left lying on the beach
• There was many pre planning and fake maps were made to throw the enemy off
• The largest seaborne invasion in history.
• General Dwight D. Eisenhower commanded the operation, and plans were made to land in Normandy, west of where the German troops and artillery are built up.
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MAJOR PLAYERS, STATISTICS AND FACTS • Bernard Montgomery was put in charge of the ground troops
• Allied troops faced challenging defenses as part of Hitler’s Atlantic Wall, which had been built all along the coast using 100,000 workers
• New gadgets designed for D-Day included a “swimming tank” and a flame throwing tank called “the crocodile”. There were also collapsible motorbikes
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HOW IT AFFECTED THE WAR • This battle was the first time back in France since the fall of France and the escape at
Dunkirk
• If they didn’t get back into France they wouldn’t of beat Hitler and they would of lost the war
• This was big break through because they got a lot of information and pushed the Germans back
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INTERNAL CITATIONS • "D-Day Fast Facts - CNN.com." CNN. Cable News Network, n.d. Web. 20 Jan. 2015.
• "Normandy Landings." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, n.d. Web. 22 Jan. 2015.
• "STUNNING D-DAY FACTS." AwesomeStories.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 21 Jan. 2015.
• "D-Day." History.com. A&E Television Networks, n.d. Web. 21 Jan. 2015.
• "Saving Private Ryan Omaha Beach!" YouTube. YouTube, n.d. Web. 22 Jan. 2015.
• "About D-Day." About D-Day. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Jan. 2015.
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