Dday

June 6, 1944 will be remembered for many reasons. Some may think of it as a

success and some as a failure. The following essay this could be used to prove either one.

The only sure thing that I can tell you about D-Day is this: D-Day, June 6, 1944 was the

focal point of the greatest and most planned out invasion of all time. The allied invasion of France was long awaited and tactfully thought out. For months the allied forces of millions trained in Britain while waiting for the Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Forces, General Eisenhower to set a date. June 6, 1944 was to be the day with the H-hour at 06:30. Aircraft bombed German installations and helped prepare the ground attack. The ground forces landed and made their push inland. Soon Operation Overlord was in full affect as the allied forces pushed the Germans back towards the Russian forces coming in from the east. D-Day was the beginning and the key to the victory against the Germans.

Operation Overlord was in no way a last minute operation thrown together. When

the plan was finalized in the spring of 1944, the world started work on preparing the

hundreds of thousands of men for the greatest battle in history. By June of 1944 the landing forces were training hard, awaiting D-Day. 1,700,000 British, 1,500,000 Americans, 175,000 from Dominions, and another 44,000 from other countries were going to take part. Not only did men have to be recruited