D-Day

             This paper will investigate the U.S. role in the largest amphibious assault in history. This is better known as D - Day. This marked the turning point of the war in Europe and the beginning of the downfall of Aldof Hitler's brutal rein of Europe. The paper will split the subject into three parts...preparation, the invasion itself, and the break out of allied forces off the beaches.
             The invasion of Normandy took 26 hours to complete. The time it took to build up the necessary manpower and supplies, however, took 2 years. When the United States started sending supplies to England, for Operation Overlord, the English people thought we were over reacting of a sort. Every week new transports filled English bays undocking new cargos of artillery shells from IL. , Blood plasma from TN., Jeeps from Detroit, and K rations from WS. . (Hastings 34) In fact America shipped 17,47,606 tons of supplies from January to July in 1944 alone. (Patrick 88) All these supplies were necessary in our success in over throwing the Germans at Normandy.
             Not only were we sending vital supplies to England, we were also fighting a pre battle. This battle was the fight to gain air superiority over the Germans. The American P-51 Mustang played a major role in this struggle over Nazi Germany's Luftwaffle.
             Fitted with the Rolls- Royce Merlin engine the P- 51 mustang was the most remarkable aircraft of the war. Capable of flying to Berlin and back with long range drop tanks and out performing almost every Luftwaffle opponent when it got there. It was also employed over Normandy in an interceptor and ground attack rolls. Armed with six, .5 caliber machine guns it possessed a top speed of 575 miles per hour and a ceiling of forty two thousand feet. (Hastings 43)
             The Americain P- 51 Mustang was a vital tool in crushing the Luftwaffle. In fact the Germans lost 1,311 aircraft in January of 1944. This figure rose to 2,212 in February and 2,11...

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