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Operation OVERLORD was a large-scale lodgement planned by allied forces as a new offensive to capture and hold the Continent, this Operation could not have succeeded without the successful Normandy Landings, which today is known by the name “D-DAY”.

Lots of effort, planning and secrecy was used to coordinate the Normandy Landings. As Allied forces started to recruit the involvement of other countries and produce all the necessary equipment required for this offensive they needed a strategic way to deceive German forces and draw them away from their plans.
Hitler and his Army had been preparing for an invasion from the English channel ever since they claimed France. Erwin Rommel, a friend of Hitler and a prominent Field Marshall had been …show more content…

These weren’t the only deception tactics employed by the Allies, over a few months leading up to D-DAY the allies would deploy Dummy Paratroopers, tanks and so much more into enemy territory, which led to the success of Operation Fortitude South, a similar strategy but with the intention of misleading German forces into preparing for an attack on Calais France.

The allied forces were extremely aware of the risks involved, moving hundreds of thousands of troops directly into heavily fortified enemy territory would not be easy, that’s why they spent considerable amounts of effort into their deception plans, training and so much more, they had even planned the perfect weather cycle on which they should …show more content…

At ‘6:30 AM June Sixth 1944’ The allied forces reached the beaches of Normandy and began their amphibious assaults. Forces were divided into 5 different targets, American forces landed at “Utah” and “Omaha”, English forces were deployed to “Gold” and “Sword” while Canadian forces were deployed to “Juno”. The strategic advantage of separating forces into different concentration points allowed for them to dominate their targets and sweep through close by territory before reconvening with other teams.

24,000 Troops were allocated to target “Utah”, 34,000 troops to “Omaha”, 25,000 on “Gold” and 22,000 on “Juno”. The troops on the beaches were closely defended by Naval Artillery and aerial bombardments and attacks to fend off any incoming

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D-Day was a great turning point in war. It was the battle that helped the Allies win World War 2. D-Day was an operation code-named “Operation Overload”. It was carried out on June 6th, 1944 and was on the shore of Normandy, France. The beaches were divided into 5 sections; Juno - the beach Canada were in charge of, Sword and Gold - beaches that Britain was in charge of, Omaha and Utah - beaches that America was in charge of.

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In late 1944, after the successful D-Day invasion of Normandy, things were looking up for the Allies. To gain an advantage, German forces had to plan fast. On December 16, 1944, they launched a counteroffensive on the Allies. This event is remembered as “Battle of the Bulge.” Captured here is a GI leading a file of American prisoners that were captured from this ambush.

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The beaches of Normandy did not have many troops available when the Allies attacked. Hitler did not want to send his troops to Normandy, fearing that the landings were just a distraction. Eventually Hitler had no choice but to move the troops towards Normandy. The Allies had an effective air force which took out all their main bridges so the German troops had to go around which caused severe delays. (Source I,

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The cliffs lining the French beaches were guarded by Germans that pelleted the Allied troops, while the shale caused the tanks to slip, and the daylight ruining the surprise attack. Furthermore, the restricted communication caused misunderstandings and the small amount of information had the Allies clueless and helpless to their settings and finally, bombardment should have been available along with strengthened ships, long-ranged weapons, and as much silence as possible while sailing across the waters. Gladly, the Allies learned their lesson after this experience and were prepared to win a victory at

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General Patton’s reputation grew with each battle and became known as the General who defeated Rommel. As the war moved toward the invasion of France in 1944, General Patton was assigned as commanding General of the Third Army. He was not to be involved in the invasion of Normandy but was serving a decoy to divert German attention away from the planned invasion sites. Hitler believed the Allies would not launch a full-scale invasion without the involvement of General Patton, their best

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They provided toughness and dedication towards the allied forces and played a significant role in securing the beaches in Normandy.

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The dug in German gun positions in cliffs were not spotted by Allied air photographers and this lead to the Canadian troops being caught off guard, and spotted early. As the troops approached the shore of Dieppe, they encountered a German Convoy and exchanged bullets with the convoy which made them lose their element of surprise. Due to this, the German defence forces were prepared for an attack from the Allies and had the upper hand from the start. To add on to the lack of intel, the gradient of the beach which they were to land on was also assessed by looking at holiday snapshots . This was a huge misjudgement as once the tanks had arrived on the beach, they got bogged down and could not move, being exposed to open fire from the

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