Introduction
Welcome to the D-day page. On this page you will learn facts about D-day that your teacher never told you. Amusing fact : 8000 Japanese people killed themselves (using suicide) because they were scared that the Americans would kill and torture. 6939 navel ships were deployed and it carried 195,000 sailors. Allied leaders were trying to throw of the Germany by sending a false trail about the time and date of the D-day invasion.
American troops landed at Omaha and Utah beaches. The Utah landing was successful, but the fighting at Omaha beach was fierce. Many US soldiers lost their lives at Omaha, but they were finally able to take the beach.The first two soldiers to die in WW2 were from the U.K. On D-day 16% of troops were murdered. Germany had 55 divisions stationed in France and the Allies had 8 divisions to attack on D-day.
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The pictures you see in front of you are soldiers that are fighting in the D-day invasion in June 6 1944. These brave soldiers got killed and injured and some unharmed.
What is D-Day
D-day is when Britain and France invade Germany. Britain & France make a plan so they know where to bomb. Although D-day was supposed to last one day , it lasted much more than that. Facts D-day was on June 6 1944 and 4000 allied troops lost their lives at the D-day invasion. The first U.S soldier that was killed was a 28 year old man that was wounded in the chest. The D-day invasion was almost cancelled because of bad weather, although General Eisenhower finally agreed to attack despite the bad weather. Although the weather did have some affect on the Allies ability to attack, it also made the Germans think that no attack was coming. They were less prepared. The American troops landed at Omaha and Utah beaches. The landing in Utah beach was successful, but the fighting at Omaha beach was fierce. Many U.S soldiers lost their lives at Omaha beach, but eventually they managed to take the beach The location of the invasion was very secret. Not even the soldiers knew the exact date, time and location until the last minute. All the training maps had false names to keep the secret intact. |