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- D'Day aka Invasion of Normandy
- June, 1944 - August, 1944
- Germany controled Normandy, France since May 1940
160,000 allied troops crossed the english channel
7,000 ships and boats (5,000 landing and assault crafts, 289 escort crafts, and 277 minesweepers
Within 10 days, 500,000 troops were on the beaches
Within 3 weeks there were 2 million troops
Dwight D. Eisinhower
Erwin Rommel
- Dwight D. Eisinhower was in charge of the United states troops
- Erwin Rommel was in charge of the Germans
- June 6, 1944
-“You are about to embark upon the Great Crusade, toward which we have striven these many months. The eyes of the world are upon you.” - Dwight D. Eisenhower
- Paratroopers and glider troops attacked from the sky
-Troops came in from the sea via amphibious vehicles
Britain, Canada, and the United States conquered the Gold, Utah, Juno and Sword beaches easily
Omaha beach had a strong resistance againts America
War Vets from D-Day and their stories
591 parachute platoon
18/100 of his platoon survived
Job: Hold the bridge from Germans to prevent them from getting to the beaches
“We were all in pretty good spirits and there was a good singalong during the first part of the flight. Once over the Channel we all quietened down and made ready for the jump into darkness.” - Anderson
Rap explosive charges around outposts so the gilder troops can land safely, then hold the position from enemies
Being mortared the whole time
“It was a bit threatening because we were being shelled and mortared the whole time.” - Anderson
“It was a mortar or a shell,” he said. “We were holding a position and we were hit. The next thing I remember is waking up in the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham. It turned out I had been half buried with shrapnel in my leg, and I was pulled out.” - Ivor Anderson
RAF Halifax Pilot
Bomb squad
Robert Coupe (Right)
Caen after the bombings
Job: Bomb Caen
“I’ve always carried a burden of guilt about the bombing of civilians. Despite directing attacks against military targets, we all knew that civilians would be caught in the destruction. This was especially true of Caen.”
Taylor met a french women while he visited normandy in 2011 and she said both her grandparents were killed in the bombing of Caen. She told Taylor that she and her family understood and accepted the inevitability of civilian casualties.
“It was the first time since the war I felt unburdened.” - Taylor later said
Wehrmacht soldier
Inprisoned by the United States
1948 - returned home and join the West German Federal Border Patrol
Guard duty on the normandy coast
Scan the skies for enemy planes
Within a few days of spotting an enemy plane, Golz was placed in a POW camp in Virginia
Rommel Asparagus
1948 - returned home and join the West German Federal Border Patrol
Commanded to place rommel asparagus and defend against paratroopers
“Rommel asparagus” - sharpened logs connected with barbed wire to prevent the landings of paratroopers
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