The Normandy Invasion

The Normandy Invasion

- Main people during these attacks: Franklin Roosevelt (United States president), Joseph Stalin (USSR leader) Adolf Hitler (Germany's leader) Winston Churchill (Canada's Leader) Dwight Eisenhower (American commander of forces, commander of the Allied forced during the Normandy Invasion)

-June 6, 1944 also known as D-Day (Day-Day, battle day)

-was also called "Operation Overlord"

-entered through the English Channel

-after Germany invaded France (which was a country in the group of the "allies") the Allies had one thing to do, attempt to invade France for the liberation of Europe from Germany

-Allied forces gained up their men for the plan to attack on France's front with Britain.

-The Allied forces consisted of 20 U.S. divisions, 14 British divisions, 3 Canadian divisions, a French division, and a Polish division

-On the first day of the invasion, June 6, about 120,000 Allied troops landed at five beach locations

-The attack was much like the Germans Blitzkrieg, dropping troops behind enemy lines for the quick surprise attack using blips and around 11000 aircraft carriers

-156,000 American, British and Canadian troops met heavy combats and held up quite a resistance

-the Allies help up there own as 4,000 - 9,000 German casualties were lost and only around 2,500 Allied soldiers died

-the plan had not been totaled followed through when some of the main German positions had not been bombed before the attack by Allied aircraft and water attacks

-there were also 50 attacks on key rail and road points and 10 on coastal batteries.

-by the end of the day more than 155, 000 soldiers, 6,000 vehicles and 3,600 tonnes of supplies for the Allied troops

-within 6 days there were over 300, 000 Allied troops inside France

-Canadians 3rd Division we're the first to attack on the strip of the one of the 5 beaches: Juno (Utah, Omaha, Juno, Gold, and Sword)

-Canadians had