I always go to memorials. On this day was D DAY that led to the liberation of Europe and smashed Nazism.
Read many books about it. The Yanks and Canadians came to the UK like a little isolated aircraft carrier Island as many others. The Brits managed to do the biggest mis information to the Nazis so when we landed not where they expected was brilliant. Ha Ha Patton was sent to Scotland and so many false regiments and troops leaked so the Nazis were sure where he was , what he did he would lead the landings.
Easy for us to say yeah we would have done that but different when have to and create a beachfront.
Some of the innovations were utterly brilliant and the Germans in shock at Tanks that floated and sailed to them , the massive artifical habours the Brits built and pulled to the coast. Rommel was correct in his assessment that if they did not stop the allies on the beaches then the War would be lost.
I mean a bad crossing and simply get into the water and run at the machine guns and mortars wave after wave. Thankful they did their duty.
Lest we forget
The Brits landed with our Canadian brothers
Taking Juno was the responsibility of the Canadian Army, with sea transport, mine sweeping, and a naval bombardment force provided by the Royal Canadian Navy and the British Royal Navy as well as elements from the Free French, Norwegian, and other Allied navies. The objectives of the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division on D-Day were to cut the Caen-Bayeux road, seize the Carpiquet airport west of Caen, and form a link between the two British beaches on either flank.
Under the direction of General Dwight D. Eisenhower (Supreme Commander Allied Expeditionary Force) and Frederick Morgan, plans for the invasion of France coalesced as Operation Overlord. With an initial target date of 1 May 1944, the infantry attack was conceived as a joint assault by five divisions transported by landing craft, constituting the largest amphibious operation in military history.The attack was later scheduled for Monday, 5 June 1944, and Normandy was selected for the landing sites, with a zone of operations extending from the Cotentin Peninsula to Caen. There were originally seventeen sectors along the Normandy coastline with codenames taken from one of the spelling alphabets of the time, from Able, west of Omaha, to Rodger on the east flank of the invasion area. Eight further sectors were added when the planned invasion was extended to include Utah on the Cotentin Peninsula. Sectors were further subdivided into beaches identified by the colours Green, Red and White. Operation Overlord called for the British Second Army to assault between the River Orne and Port en Bessin, capture Caen, and form a front line from Caumont-l'Éventé to the south-east of Caen, to acquire airfields and protect the left flank of the United States First Army while it captured Cherbourg. Possession of Caen and its surroundings would give Second Army a suitable staging area for a push south to capture the city of Falaise, which could then be used as a pivot for a swing left to advance on Argentan, the Touques River and then towards the River Seine.
After delays due to both logistical difficulties and poor weather, the D-Day of Overlord, the largest amphibious operation ever, was postponed 24 hours to 6 June 1944. Eisenhower and Montgomery, commander of 21st Army Group, aimed to capture Caen within the first day, and liberate Paris within 90 days
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