D-day invasion June,6/1944
STORM OF THE BEACH OFÂ NORMANDY, FRANCE OMAHA BEACH
D-DAY (1944) Over 425,000 Allied and German troops were killed, wounded or went missing during the Battle of Normandy D-day played a riveting role in ww2 for many reasons, including. It was the largest amphibious invasion in history, It was located at omaha beach, france, And the american weaponry was very advanced for the time period (1940’s)
Largest Amphibious Attack In History D-day was the largest amphibious invasion in history. Over 400,000 troops were killed in this invasion. D-day was scheduled for attack on June 3 at 5:30 am, but got rescheduled due to bad weather. The attack took place on June,6 at 6:00 am on the Omaha beach in 1944. The majority of troops who landed on the D-Day beaches were from the US, Canada and the United Kingdom's However, troops from many other countries participated in D-Day and the Battle of Normandy, in all the different armed services: Australia, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, France, Greece, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway and Poland.
-Troops running into action from water
Omaha Beach Omaha Beach, second beach from the west among the five landing areas of the invasions of WW2. It was assaulted on June 6, 1944 (D-day invasion), by units of the USA 29th and the 1st level military fighting by foot division, many of whose soldiers were drowned during the approach from ships offshore or were killed by defending fire from German troops placed on heights surrounding the beach. But the majority due to the charges to the beach and the landmines hidden under the sand. The largest of the D-Day assault areas, Omaha Beach stretched over 10 km between the fishing port of Port-en-Bessin and the mouth of the Vire River. The west third of the beach was stopped by a seawall 10 feet high, and the whole beach was overlooked by cliffs 30 metres high (90 ft)
Weopandry America truly became the main source of weaponry from 1939 to 1945, providing millions of D-Day weapons, which was very costly. In that period U.S. armories produced a crazy amount of arms and ammunition. Just among infantry weapons, American industry turned out 11.6 million rifles and carbines, 2.8 million pistols and revolvers, 2.3 million submachine guns, 1.5 million crew-served machine guns, and 188,000 automatic rifles—nearly nineteen million small arms—plus forty-seven billion rounds of small-arms ammunition.
USES Many of these weapons were in the hands of soldiers who exited the landing craft​ on the beaches of Normandy. And many were being held by the captains of the alliance ships and boats, unfortunately didn't help very much due to the fact that most captains died immediately as entering the battle ground (first target) and also another reason why most troops died by drowning.
Map of attack route for troops
FACTBOX -Less than a week later, on June 11, the beaches were fully secured and over 326,000 troops, more than 50,000 vehicles and some 100,000 tons of equipment had landed at Normandy.
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