OPERATION OVERLORD

• Kirsten Smith
• Nov. 13 2014
• 2nd block

OUTCOME

• Close to 4,413 men died in Operation Overlord.
• 1,465 Americans, 1,000 British, and 340 Candians.
• The U.S. and our Allied powers won over the Nazi's and their Allies such as Japan.

THE BEACHES INCLUDED. . .

OUR(THE U.S.) ALLIES INCLUDED

• The United Kingdom, Canada, Austqralia, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, France,
• Greece, the Netherlands, New Zealand,Norway, and Poland

WHEN

• D-Day or Operation Overlord took place on
• Tuesday June 6, 1944.

WHERE?

• The beaches of Normandy, France.
• The names of the beaches were Home, Omaha, Utah, Gold, Juno, and sword.

WHY?

• An attempt to gain a foothold in Europe, to drive out Hitler.

HOW?

• We moved toward Russia to trap the nazi troups inbetween.
• We used 156,000 troops, Naval forces of 6,939 vessels,
• and 2,395 aircraft in the initial D-day.

WEAPONS.

WHAT WOULD HAVE MADE THE OUTCOME DIFFERENT?

• If the Germans would have gotten through in the
• Battle of the Bulge they would have had a much better
• change at winning D-Day.

MOST INTERESTING FACTS.

• 1. D-Day was originally set for June 5 but had to be postponed for 24 hours because of bad weather.
• 2. Hitler was asleep when word of the invasion arrived. No one dared wake him
• and it’s said vital time was lost insending reinforcements.
• 3. Allied troops faced formidable defences as part of Hitler’s Atlantic Wall,
• which had been built all along the coast using 100,000 workers,

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