The Battle of Normandy, Also Known As D-Day, Was Fought During World War II in the Summer

D-Day By: Sara Major

The battle of Normandy, also known as D-Day, was fought during World War II in the summer of 1944. It was between the Allied nations and German forces in Western Europe. Its was the largest seaborne invasion in history, with three million troops crossing the English Channel from England to Normandy. They fought at five other beaches during this battle.

The D-Day battles happened in the summer of 1944. It’s happened at five beaches. A few of the beaches were the Omaha Beach, the Gold Beach and the Utah Beach the Jouno beach and the Sword Beach. There was a fight at each of the beaches.

There were twelve Allied troops in the invasion. Those troops included Australia, Canada, Belgium, France, Czechoslovakia, Greece, New Zealand, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, the United Kingdom, and the United States. General Eisenhower was a very important person because he was in charge of D-Day. He faced his forces with the most dangerous task ever, the. He sent his forces across the English Channel in a huge sea storm to attack Erwin Rommel most important general of the war. No one had crossed the channel since 1688. Once they went out, there was no turning back. They transported vehicles and men by boat to the French beaches.

The battle of D-Day happened on June 6, 1944.Beacuse of the bad sea weather, it was postponed to the next day. When they finally got across the seas and to the beaches, the allies had more weapons then us Germans so the allies won all their battles. The allies killed over 425, 00 enemy troops. Half of them went missing and between five thousand and twenty thousand citizens were killed. The allies won.

There were a lot of battles on D-Day. This was an Enormous battle in history and will be remembered to all as an important historical event.

I disagree with some parts of D-Day. I disagree with how the allies had more weapons then the Germans. I think the Germans and the allies should have had the same amount of weapons in the begging, and if they lost or did something to them to where they didn’t have them anymore then that would be there fault. I think if the battle was like this it would have lasted longer and it would most likely be more of a tie or the Germans might have even had a chance of winning. Holt, Tonie and Valmai. D-Day Normandy Landing Beaches. Great Britain. 2009

D-Day Introduction. Found on March 23 2010. http://worldwar2history.info/D-Day/