The Event of the Century DDay

To understand D-Day, a person must first understand the years of events that preceded the invasion. The story of D-Day began when World War II began in Europe. The cause of the war started with the alliance of Germany, under the control of the Nazi party, and Italy, which was under the control of the fascist regime.1 The leader of Germany at this time was Adolf Hitler, while Benito Mussolini led Italy. Before the beginning of the war, Germany and Italy, also self-proclaimed as the Axis powers, invaded a section

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We had 7 yards of beachhead with no cover; the highest thing around was a shale rock…They sent me to find our commander, Colonel George Taylor, and tell him we'd opened a breach. This next invasion began in May of 1940 when Germany attacked France, while on June 10, Italy joined Germany and attacked France. At this time, the leaders of the main countries outside of the Axis Powers were Franklin Roosevelt, Edouard Daladier, Joseph Stalin, and Winston Churchill, for the United States, France, the Soviet Union, and the United Kingdom, respectively. The two beaches that the Americans would land were code named Utah and Omaha.

The events of D-Day became known to many as the beginning of the end of World War II. Next, still in the middle of the night, British planes would strike and weaken the Atlantic Wall, the German infantry forces, and the camps set up by the Germans. The air force bombing raids now needed to proceed as planned. To accomplish this, Eisenhower had to initiate training sessions for these paratroopers so they could learn what to do when the time came to attack. After that, an amphibious team sent in from boats would land on the beach and attack the Germans in a regular battle situation.

The events of World War II leading up to D-Day, the day of June 6, 1944 itself, and the effect that this day had on the rest of history all play major roles in what D-Day means to all of mankind. The first holes in the Atlantic Wall began to open, and men began to storm through these holes. The question was whether it (the attack) could be made on the 6th. Also after the war, the Allied powers met and agreed that the best way to keep something like this from happening again is to outlaw Germany and Japan from having a fully functional military force even to this day. This action by the Japanese infuriated American leaders to the point of requesting war. A full moon had to appear so the troops could see in the middle of the night.

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