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George Petras and Janet Loehrke, USA TODAY June 5, 2024 at 6:13 PM American and Allied forces prepare for landing on Normandy beaches in France on D-Day, June 6, 1944.
Known officially as Operation Overlord, D-Day 2024 is the 80th anniversary of the Normandy invasion that marked the beginning of the end of WW II.
The most serious drawback of the Normandy coast – the lack of port facilities – would be overcome through the development and deployment of artificial harbours. [49] The COSSAC staff planned to begin the invasion on 1 May 1944. [47] The initial draft of the plan was accepted at the Quebec Conference in August 1943.
On 6 June 1944, the Allies launched a massive and long-anticipated air and amphibious invasion of Normandy, codenamed Operation Overlord. [2] The 101st Airborne Division paratroopers landed behind Utah Beach with the objective of blocking German reinforcements from attacking the flank of the U.S. VII Corps during its primary mission of seizing the port of Cherbourg.
As late as 2003 a prominent history (Airborne: A Combat History of American Airborne Forces by retired Lieutenant General E.M. Flanagan) repeated these and other assertions, all of it laying failures in Normandy at the feet of the pilots. [3] This criticism primarily derived from anecdotal testimony in the battle-inexperienced 101st Airborne.
On June 6, 1944, the world was forever changed. World War II had already been raging around the globe for four years when the planning for Operation Neptune -- what we now know as "D-Day" -- began ...
This file photograph taken on June 6, 1944, shows Allied forces soldiers during the D-Day landing operations in Normandy, north-western France.
The tidal range in Normandy was about 12 feet (3.7 m); low tide uncovered about one-quarter of a mile (0.4 km) of beach, and water deep enough for coasters, which drew 12 to 18 feet (3.7 to 5.5 m) of water, was another one-half a mile (0.8 km) further out.