Operation Overlord

Operation Overlord

1. the defeat of Germany

   • 6,500 crafts sailed to Normandy
     • 10,000 allied fighter planes
       • funnies: special under water tanks
         • vital oil supplies through pipeline PLUTO

2. artificial Harbours called Mulberry Piers

   • Normandy was chosen to fool Germans who thought it would be @ Calais
     • general Eisenhower
       • Utah
         • Omaha
           • Gold
             • juno
               • sword

3. Germans put up resiistance

   • bloody Omaha
     • 3,000 US soldiers killed
       • D-day landing
         • 6th June 1944

4. by evening 155,000 Allied soldiers had arrived

   • 1,000 funnies(tanks)

5. Omaha bad choice

   • cliffy beach
     • Germans could shoot from cliffs as Allies came in
       • Germany's still saw defeat

6. Western Liberation from Nazi Occupation