D Day happened on June 6, 1944. On this day, 160,000 Allied troops landed on the coast of Normandy, France to fight the Nazis. D Day was supposed to happen on June 5, 1944. There was bad weather that day so they had to delay it. More than 5,000 ships and landing craft carrying troops and supplies left England to go to France.
The Allied powers made the Nazis think that the attack was going to be in between Britain and France. They also made them think that Norway and other places would be invaded. The invasion began at 6:30 a.m. U.S. forces faced heavy resistance at Omaha Beach, where there were over 2,000 American casualties. More than 4,000 Allied troops lost their lives in the D-Day invasion, with thousands more wounded or missing.
The full name for the battle is 1944 D-Day Operation Overlord. It was the largest sea invasion in military history. Once troops arrived, they took over Normandy. The battle would last 2 months. Captured Germans were sent to American prisoner of war camps
By the end of August 1944, the Allies had reached the Seine River. Germans had been removed from northwestern France. That basically concluded the Battle of Normandy. Then the Allied troops prepared to enter Germany. The Soviets were coming in on the other directs. On May 8, 1945, the Allies accepted the unconditional surrender of Nazi Germany.
Dwight D. Eisenhower was the commander of the US during this invasion. There were 1465 American causalities. Most of them took place on the Omaha beach. The D in D Day stands for day. The number of remaining D-Day vets is estimated anywhere between 8,000 and 60,000.
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