D-Day
D-Day 1944, visit the Normandy Beaches, as they were in 1944 and as they are at the present time. The Normandy people are very thankful for the Great sacrifices of the Allied Forces and have created a living history tour of all the Battlefields of Normandy.
A lot of the information I will be relating, has been gathered during several of these fact finding tours
Along the roadsides of Normandy, are special sign posts which direct you along the correct route of each particular battle.
A lot of the information I will be relating, has been gathered during several of these fact finding tours
Along the roadsides of Normandy, are special sign posts which direct you along the correct route of each particular battle.
what operation was D-day known as?
There were about 155,000 soldiers, 5,000 ships and landing craft, 50,000 vehicles and 11,000 planes set for the coming battle.
For Canada, 14,000 soldiers were to land on the beaches; another 450 were to drop behind enemy lines by parachute or glider. The Royal Canadian Navy supplied ships and about 10,000 sailors.
Lancaster bombers and Spitfire fighters from the Royal Canadian Air Force supported the invasion.
For Canada, 14,000 soldiers were to land on the beaches; another 450 were to drop behind enemy lines by parachute or glider. The Royal Canadian Navy supplied ships and about 10,000 sailors.
Lancaster bombers and Spitfire fighters from the Royal Canadian Air Force supported the invasion.
"I dont want to wait, for our lives to be over" -Kelly Clarkson
The landings were conducted in two phases: an airborne assault landing of 24,000 British, American and Canadian airborne troops shortly after midnight, and an amphibious landing of Allied infantry and armoured divisions on the coast of France starting at 6:30 am.Surprise was achieved thanks to inclement weather and a comprehensive deception plan implemented in the months before the landings, codenamed Operation Bodyguard, to distract German attention from the possibility of landings in Normandy.