WWII D-DAY

WWII

• The standard issue rifle was the M1 Garand
• The secondary weapon was the Colt M1911

OTHER WEPONS

• Some men got a BAR
• (Browning automatic rifle)
• Higher rankes got tommy guns
• (Chicago type writer)

D-DAY

• The solders used landing crafts to get a shore
• Some tanks had had a cover that made it some able to float
• Most tanks sunk when the water get in the cover
• Men got shot when the landing craft doors opened

GERMAN DEFENSE

• The german's had a gun called the
• MG42 or Hitler's buzz saw
• Also Germany used barbed wire,barricades
• Stakes, and tank stoppers.

US TRICKS THE NAZIS US made fake tanks and jeeps to seem like they were going to try to take a different beach

THE US AIR BORN

The US had paratroopers called THE US AIR BORN drop in to give support to ground troops

US DEATH TOLL

• The death toll was 53,402