D-Day The Invasion of Normandy.
Title: D-Day The Invasion of Normandy.
Category: /History/War & Conflicts
Details: Words: 1256 | Pages: 5 (approximately 235 words/page)
D-Day The Invasion of Normandy.
Category: /History/War & Conflicts
Details: Words: 1256 | Pages: 5 (approximately 235 words/page)
D-Day The Invasion of Normandy
When on D-Day-June 6, 1944-Allied armies landed in Normandy on
the northwestern coast of France, possibly the one most critical event
of World War II unfolded; for upon the outcome of the invasion hung
the fate of Europe. If the invasion failed, the United States might
turn its full attention to the enemy in the Pacific-Japan-leaving
Britain alone, with most of its resources spent in mounting the
invasion. That would enable
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Brittany) to the
invasion, fearful of a second Allied landing. Meanwhile, most German
officials-their eyes blurred by Allied deception-continued to believe
that a bigger landing was still to come in the Pas de Calais.
In my opinion, the primary reason that the invasion worked was
deception. D-Day was a tremendous achievement for British, Canadian
and American fighting men, but it also owed an immeasurable debt to
Ultra and to the deception that Ultra made possible.