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D-Day

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Jessie Xue

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D-Day and the Normandy Invasion

By Jessie Xue

Beginning of the End

Across Normandy

The next week, the beaches were fully secured by Allied forces and tons of equipment arrived

World War II, After the assault of the troops on Normandy beaches, supply shifts and landing crafts unload huge quantities of equipment., A few days after the D-Day (June 6, 1944). Photograph. Encyclopædia Britannica ImageQuest. Web. 25 Feb 2015.

The Next Step...

The Allies seized Cherbourg and continued to march across France

German soldiers abandoned by their officers are marched through Cherbourg.. Photograph. Encyclopædia Britannica ImageQuest. Web. 25 Feb 2015.

Works Cited

  • BBC News. BBC, n.d. Web. 21 Feb. 2015.
  • "D-Day." History.com. A&E Television Networks, n.d. Web. 21 Feb. 2015.
  • "D-Day." Juno Beach Centre. N.p., 28 Mar. 2014. Web. 20 Feb. 2015.
  • "D-Day Map." D-Day Map. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Feb. 2015.
  • "D-Day Map." D-Day Map. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Feb. 2015.
  • "WWII: Canadians on D-Day - Canada at War." Canada at War RSS. N.p., n.d. Web. 21 Feb. 2015.

Germans were removed from northwestern France by the end of August 1944.

"They fought together as brothers-in-arms. They died together and now they sleep side by side. To them we have a solemn obligation" -Admiral Chester W. Nimitz

Casualties

World War II 1939-1945: Crowds lining the Champs Elysees to view Allied tanks and half-tracks pass through the Arc du Triomphe, after Paris was liberated on August 25, 1944. France . Photography. Encyclopædia Britannica ImageQuest. Web. 25 Feb 2015.

Progress

Success of D-Day

Purpose of D-Day

Total Allied casualties on D-Day reached more than 10,000

The first line of German defenses had been completely smashed

Allies formed a continuous front and breached the Atlantic Wall

British troops exercising in Africa for. Photo. Encyclopædia Britannica ImageQuest. Web. 25 Feb 2015.

American Dead. Photographer. Encyclopædia Britannica ImageQuest. Web. 25 Feb 2015.

Omaha Beach. Photographer. Encyclopædia Britannica ImageQuest. Web. 25 Feb 2015.

First Wave

Omaha Beach

Paratroopers

Queen's Own Rifles

Sea-sick soldiers faced much opposition

Juno Beach

D-Day.. Photograph. Encyclopædia Britannica ImageQuest. Web. 25 Feb 2015.

The US struggle on Omaha Beach was the most severe landing.

Allied Invasion of Normandy 1944,. Photo. Encyclopædia Britannica ImageQuest. Web. 25 Feb 2015.

Preparation

The 3rd Canadian Infantry Division was reinforced by the two Canadian Armoured Brigade groups

Queen's Own Rifles received the worst opposition of any Canadian unit

Juno Beach D-Day Landings. Photographer. Encyclopædia Britannica ImageQuest. Web. 25 Feb 2015.

Pedal Power. Photographer. Encyclopædia Britannica ImageQuest. Web. 25 Feb 2015.

Paris under German occupation during the war

Paratroopers caused disorder within enemy ranks

Seaborne Forces

A French civilian gives information to two U.S. paratroopers in Normandy (Few days after D-Day June 6, 1944). Photograph. Encyclopædia Britannica ImageQuest. Web. 25 Feb 2015.

Delay

U.S soldiers were the first to land on the Normandy beaches

WW2 / Paris under German occupation. Fine Art. Encyclopædia Britannica ImageQuest. Web. 25 Feb 2015.

D-Day.. Photograph. Encyclopædia Britannica ImageQuest. Web. 25 Feb 2015.

Royal Marines practicing beach landings for Allied invasion on D-Day

Beach Landings. Photographer. Encyclopædia Britannica ImageQuest. Web. 25 Feb 2015.

Airborne Forces

Deception Operation

D-Day was initially planned to be on June 5th, 1944

LANDING BARGE D-DAY INVASION OF FRANCE. WORLD WAR II. Photography. Encyclopædia Britannica ImageQuest. Web. 25 Feb 2015.

Aircrafts and gliders dropped paratroopers onto Normandy

Allies deceived the Germans by tricking them into thinking that they were going to attack Pas-de-Calais

Allied landing in Normandy 1944. Photograph. Encyclopædia Britannica ImageQuest. Web. 25 Feb 2015.

D-Day

Allied landings in Normandy 1944. Photograph. Encyclopædia Britannica ImageQuest. Web. 25 Feb 2015.

Origins

The British Prime Minister, Sir Winston Churchill, talking to troops who led the assault on D-Day

Sir Winston Churchill, 1944, the British Prime Minister with General Monty.. Photograph. Encyclopædia Britannica ImageQuest. Web. 25 Feb 2015.

Worcester Telegram newspaper reporting the Allied invasion of Normandy on D-Day, June 6th, 1944.

D-Day Headline. Photographer. Encyclopædia Britannica ImageQuest. Web. 25 Feb 2015.