D-Day Is The Most Well-known, Gruesome Day In The History Of WWII. Out Of The Fi

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Term Paper Title	D-Day Is The Most Well-known, Gruesome Day In The History Of WWII. Out Of The Fi
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D-Day

D-Day is the most well-known, gruesome day in the history of WWII.  Out of the five landings, the landing on Omaha Beach was,  by far, the worst for the U.S. and The Allies.  Paratroopers who had landed the night before came up behind the Germans and aided the U.S. and The Allies.  Eventually they pushed through and invaded Hitler’s Europe.  Even though D-Day was considered a massacre, the invasion aided the US’s ultimate victory.

D-Day happened on June 6, 1944.  It was one of the darkest days in the history of World War II, not only for the U.S., but also the Allies.  D-Day was the invasion of Hitler controlled Europe, and the beginning of the fall of an empire. It consisted of airborne attacks and assaults on five beaches given the code names, Utah, Gold, Juno, Sword and Omaha.  With 35,000 troops and 4,404 bombs weighing tow hundred and fifty pounds each,  D-Day was called the worlds largest, greatest planned amphibious attack ever.

As for the assaults on the beaches, four of the five went pretty well.  The Germans did not put up much of a fight and the troops penetrated Europe quite easily.  However, down the coastline, a vicious battle was happening and history was being made.  The Germans were putting up much more of a fight and the opposing troops were fighting just to stay alive.  But with land mines and heavy fire from German machine guns this was not an easy task.  Right when the ramp was lowered on the U.S. boats, troops were shot like dogs.  Some jumped over the side looking to swim to shore, but the weight of their gear pulled them to the bottom and they drowned.  Those who made it to the beach scrambled for any cover that they could find.  (Being shelled and shot at they needed a miracle to save them.)  That miracle was troops that came from behind.  Even though they had the back-up, 41% of the men on Omaha beach were killed.

The night before the assaults there were planes flying low and fast over Europe.  They weren’t dropping bombs, they were dropping men.  Paratroopers who were to provide back-up for the troops on the beaches were jumping out of the planes and preparing for the next day.  Ov...

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