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D-Day: Normandy Invasion Overview

The document summarizes D-Day, which was June 6, 1944 when Allied forces launched an amphibious invasion of Normandy, France. Over 150,000 Allied troops crossed the English Channel and landed on five beaches along the Normandy coast to fight Nazi forces occupying France. Paratroopers were dropped behind enemy lines as naval forces bombarded German defenses, allowing troops to storm the beaches in boats and begin liberating Nazi-controlled Europe.

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D-Day: Normandy Invasion Overview

The document summarizes D-Day, which was June 6, 1944 when Allied forces launched an amphibious invasion of Normandy, France. Over 150,000 Allied troops crossed the English Channel and landed on five beaches along the Normandy coast to fight Nazi forces occupying France. Paratroopers were dropped behind enemy lines as naval forces bombarded German defenses, allowing troops to storm the beaches in boats and begin liberating Nazi-controlled Europe.

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Invasion of Normandy, June

6, 1944
What was D-Day?
• Nazis controlled
nearly all of Europe
• Including France
• Allies needed to gain
a foothold in Europe
• D-Day was the day
the Allies would
invade Europe to get
it back
• June 6th, 1944
Where did it take place?
• beaches of
Normandy,
France.
• Forces gathered
in England and
then moved
across the
English Channel.
Who went in first?
• 23,000 men were dropped by parachute
behind enemy lines
• 11,000 planes
• 7 battleships, 23 cruisers and 105
destroyers laid down a massive
bombardment of the Nazi defenses.
How were the beaches captured?
• About 6:30 am the
allies moved
towards the
beaches
• 5 main beach
heads were
targeted
• Juno, Sword, Gold,
Omaha, & Utah
• Men landed in
“Higgins Boats”
George Roach Account
Harold Baumgarten Account

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