June 6, 1944 will be remembered for many reasons. Some may think of it as a
             success and some as a failure. The pages following this could be used to prove
             either one. The only sure thing that I can tell you about D-Day is this: D-Day,
             June 6, 1944 was the focal point of the greatest and most planned out invasion
             of all time. The allied invasion of France was long awaited and tactfully
             thought out. For months the allied forces of millions trained in Britain
             waiting for the Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Forces, General
             Eisenhower to set a date. June 6, 1944 was to be the day with the H-hour at
             06:30. Aircraft bombed German installations and helped prepare the ground
             attack. The ground forces landed and made their push inland. Soon Operation
             Overlord was in full affect as the allied forces pushed the Germans back towards
             the Russian forces coming in from the east. D-Day was the beginning and the key
             Operation Overlord was in no way a last minute operation thrown together. When
             the plan was finalized in the spring of 1944 the world started work on preparing
             the hundreds of thousands of men for the greatest battle in history.
             By June of 1944 the landing forces were training hard, awaiting D-Day.
             1,700,000 British, 1,500,000 Americans, 175,000 from Dominions (mostly Canada),
             and another 44,000 from other countries were going to take part.
             Not only did men have to be recruited and trained but also equipment had to be
             built to transport and fight with the soldiers. 1,300 warships, 1,600 merchant
             ships, 4,000 landing craft and 13,000 aircraft including bombers, fighters and
             gliders were built. Also several new types of tanks and armoured vehicles were
             built. Two examples would be the Sherman Crab flail tank and the Churchill
             On the ground Britain assembled three armoured divisions, eight infantry
             divisions, two airborne divisions and ten independent fighting...