The Normandy Landings, codenamed Operation Overlord, were the landing and invasion of Allied troops on June 6, 1944. The capture of Normandy beaches was the largest seaborne invasion in history and begun the liberation of northwestern Europe. Though only two beaches were captured on the first day of invasion, all five beach shores had been captured by the fifth day. The success of D-day in capturing the beaches was due to General Dwight Eisenhower. As he was appointed to commander of Operation Overlord, he directed the Allies to carry out a deception operation to fool the Germans into believing the main target of invasion of Pas-de-Calais. Norway was also used as a decoy. The Normandy Landings have been called the beginning of the end of the …show more content…
Most of the points were used in disproving “myths” about the invasion. The beginning points gave very useful information in the start of D-Day and how all Allied nations prepared for the invasion. The author also gained reputable sources for this article. The numbers in the article helped the reader understand and visualize numbers, but with the author bringing in his own arguments later in the article led me to not take the article as seriously and reputable. Jonathan Mayo, D-Day Minute by Minute, (New York: Marble Arch Press, 2014).Similar to Steven Ambrose’s book, D-Day Minute by Minute gives interviews but from different points of views, one from a soldier, one from a baker, and one from a telegraph boy. The narrative of the points of view still gives historical facts and gives a chronological order of events. The book was very helpful in giving times and dates of important events unfolding, but all stories/interviews may not be accurate due to the information coming from personal experiences in insignificant figures to the