Battle+of+Normandy+(D-Day)

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Who- this battle was the allied forces; UK, US, Canada, free France, Poland, Norway, Australia, New Zealand, and the Netherlands all against Germany. What- All the allied forces were ganging up against Nazi Germany to take them down. When- June 6, 1944 Where- Normandy, France. The beaches of Normandy were code named Sword, Juno, Gold, Omaha, and Utah Why- Because Germany was trying to take over the world and they sucked Goals- To take down Germany.  All of D-day occurred on June, 6th 1944. This battle was an effort to attack Germany in Normandy, France. One of the only chances to stop Germany from taking over all of France, one of our allies, was to attack them. The allies; United Kingdom, United States, Canada, Free France, Poland, Norway, Australia, New Zealand, and the Netherlands were all against Germany.

PREPERATION: The plan was originally known as Operation Overload. 10,000 tons of bombs would be dropped against the Germans, and 14,000 attack sorties would be flown. Under the leadership of Major General Percy Hobart developed vehicles such as tanks, flame throwing tanks, mine-clearing tanks and many more. Allied forces rehearsed their roles in the war months before it took place. The war went in order from the British airborne division, British corps, Canadian infantry division, more British corps, US corps and the US airborne division.  BEACH BATTLE RESULTS- Sword Beach: The British infantry came to this shore with little casualties.

Juno Beach: The Canadian forces faced Juno Beach and went up against a lot of heavy machinery. The first wave suffered 50% casualties which is the second highest in the five beaches. Though there were many obstacles, the Canadians were on and off quickly and 15,000 of them had landed successfully.

Gold Beach: There were many casualties at Gold Beach partly because the Sherman DD tanks were delayed and the Germans were prepared. Still, the British infantry fought back and almost got to Bayeux. Other then the Canadians, no other division got closer to getting to the goal to get to Bayeux.

Omaha Beach: This beach had the most defensive weapons on it. Due to navigation issues, they landed east of their target. It was a struggle of survival when the US could only blow a few holes in the midst against a heavy defense. However, within just hours we suffered around 3,000 out of 34,000 men, the defenders had about 1,200 killed, wounded, or lost. This beach had the most action out of all of the beaches.

<span style="color: #bf0d2b; font-family: 'Britannic Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Utah Beach: Utah Beach had the least amount of casualties with 197 out of about 23,000 troops that landed. The Germans were lightly defended on Utah beach. <span style="font-family: 'Britannic Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;"> <span style="color: #a71616; font-family: 'Britannic Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Results: Though our results were costly in men, defeat against Germans was one of the largest effects of the war. This battle led to loss of German position in most of France. This battle also showed the strengths of both Britain and the US, and helped the Soviets who were fighting the bulk of German troops and kind of shortened the conflict there.

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<span style="color: #00b0f0; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Possible test questions:

<span style="color: #00b0f0; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">1. On what day did D-day start? <span style="color: #00b0f0; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">2. What were the 5 beaches? <span style="color: #00b0f0; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">3. What beach had the most action? <span style="color: #00b0f0; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">4. What was a main result from the war? <span style="color: #00b0f0; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">5. Who were at least 3 alies against Germany?

ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS: 1. June 6th, 1944 2. Sword, Juno, Gold, Omaha, and Utah 3. Omaha 4. Led to loss of German position on most of France. 5. (Any of the 3 could work) Uk, Canada, (Free) France, Poland, Norway, Australia, New Zealand, and the Netherlands.

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