Utah Beach D-Day Essay

Utah Beach
The battle of Normandy more known as the D-Day occurred towards the end of World War II. The battle of Normandy lasted from June 1944 to August 1944. The first invasion began at six thirty in the morning with the attack by the allies. The Allies were the British, Canadian and American Troops. The allies separated through five beaches to began the invasion. British and Canadian soldier captured the Gold, Juno and Sword. While these two allies were capturing those beaches Americans began the invasion at Utah Beach and Omaha beach. Omaha beach was one of the bloodiest beaches during the invasion roughly 2,400 soldiers turned up dead. But one week after the invasion the beaches were fully secured under allied control.This was due

Casualties refers to all losses suffered by the armed forces: killed, wounded, missing in action and prisoners of war. There were 425,000 death combining both Allied and German troops. They still do not know exactly how many American casualties were there. They estimate about 6,603 Americans casualties but they do not know exact amount of casualties are from the Utah beach invasion. The naval losses were 24 warships and 35 merchantmen or auxiliaries sunk, and a further 120 vessels damaged. Air forces estimated 12,000 men and over 2,000 aircraft in operations which paved the way for D-Day. There is a Normandy American Cemetery, which overlooks Omaha Beach and the English Channel, was established on June 8, 1944, as the first U.S. cemetery in Europe during World War II. It holds the graves of more than 9,300 U.S. servicemen who died in the D-Day invasion or subsequent

On was the inland Airborne 101 which lead to the ending of the battle, which resulted in allies having control over the inland and the beach until La Barquette. The allies also used barrage balloons more known as a blimp. They attached these to landing crafts and ships making their way to Utah Beach. They were intended to protect men and vessels from low-flying German war planes. Allies also used barbed wires which they places at the Utah beach with German war prisoners. German’s used rocks to stop the flood from getting worst, so they could start combating