D-DAY

WHO WHEN AND WHERE?

• June 6, 1944
• Normandy France
• USA Canada and Great Britain versus Germany

WHY?

• The Germans were allied with the Japanese which were now at war with the USA. So the Germans declared war on the United States.

WHAT HAPPENED

• U.S. Canada, and Britain land on the Normandy coast.
• USA drops paratroopers inland but dropped in the wrong area.
• The allied troops on the beach and from inland fight towards each other surrounding the Germans.

"When we got within a thousand yards of the beach, you could hear the machine-gun bullets hitting off the front ramp of the boat." -Ray Lambert

Allies overwhelm the Germans and win.

SIGNIFCANCE

• D-Day spearheaded the war in Europe for the US.
• It was the end of the beginning with the war in Europe ending only 336 days after the first landings.