Originally Posted by
Saris
Late spring of 1944, World War II is in it's fifth year in Europe, the German Army has been suffering defeats in North Africa, Sicily, at the Battle of Stalingrad and Kursk in Russia even though it still controlled Europe from the Russian steppes to Atlantic coast in France. Only way to liberate Europe from Nazi controlled was to overload them on the beaches of northern France, Dwight D. Eisenhower and his subordinates devised a plan to free France and the rest of Europe from Nazi control. They would storm the beaches of Normandy in a do or die attack, if they would succeed, the beginning of the end of the Nazi regime would start ticking and if they would fail, the world as they know it would be under Nazi control. They called this Operation Overlord. It would involve a joint air and sea attack on the fortified beaches with the code names of Utah, Omaha, Sword, Gold, and Juno. Before the attack, Eisenhower wrote a letter to the Allied Forces: "You are about to embark upon the Great Crusade, toward which we have striven these many months. The eyes of the world are upon you. The hopes and prayers of liberty-loving people everywhere march with you. In company with our brave Allies and brothers-in-arms on other Fronts, you will bring about the destruction of the German war machine, the elimination of Nazi tyranny over the oppressed peoples of Europe, and security for ourselves in a free world." On June 6, 1944, the Allied Forces would start bombing the entrenched positions of the Nazi forces. During the bombardment thousands of Allied soldiers were parachuted behind the Nazi lines disrupt any incoming Nazi forces from the mainland France. Soon the first Allied troops were landing in their specified sectors, American forces were designated Utah and Omaha sectors, British Forces were designated Sword and Gold sectors, and a Canadian force was designated Juno sector. American forces met horrendous fire from Omaha beach, this is where most of the casualties would be from. While other American forces on Utah beach met little resistance. The British met little resistance compared to the Americans on Omaha on the beaches of Sword and Gold, as well as the Canadians on Juno Beach. All forces would succeed in pushing the Nazi forces back from the Beaches of Normandy, ensuring that they can bring in more troops from England and link of with Resistance fighters in France. After June 6 ended, the Allied forces suffered least 10000 men compared to the 1000 suffered by the Germans. If it wasn't for the heroics of these men and women, World War II would end up differently than we would know it today.