The Allies did and should have won World War Two. Although they had many disadvantages, they had luck, good planning/strategizing and some critical advantages on their side. A lot of mistakes turned out for the best, such as when the tide caused Teddy Roosevelt jr's division to go to the south side of the beach, when they were actually heading for the north. However, this worked out for the better due to there being less bunkers with weapons on the south side. A main advantage the Allies had was the fact that they had complete air Supremacy. They had bombers, gliders and paratroopers all helping the Allies control the skies. They were used for different reasons. The gliders were used for taking over Pegasus Bridge amongst other attacks. This attack was led by Major John Howard. The invasion was led on D-Day 6 …show more content…
In addition, the Allies also destroyed bridges on the river Deeves prior to the Pegasus Bridge attack to delay the Germans from sending reinforcements. A key factor of winning the bridge was that the Allies could secured a perimeter of their territory as well as getting another way to transport resources. Furthermore, winning Pegasus bridge, also known as Bénouville Bridge or Euston 1, helped the British Transport supplies. Also, the bombers were helpful for destroying German guns and supplies as well as damaging places to make invasions easier. On D-Day many bombers were shot down due to the weather, but on the other hand, many of them dropped bombs in an attempt to make the German lines weaker for the land soldiers. Furthermore, even though they didn't damage any of the guns at Pointe-du-hoc due to the guns being moved a mile back behind German lines, the bomber planes were very useful for