Operation Overlord

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Mind Map on Operation Overlord, created by funruntaran98 on 22/05/2013.
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Operation Overlord
  1. the defeat of Germany
    1. 6,500 crafts sailed to Normandy
      1. 10,000 allied fighter planes
        1. funnies: special under water tanks
          1. vital oil supplies through pipeline PLUTO
    2. artificial Harbours called Mulberry Piers
      1. Normandy was chosen to fool Germans who thought it would be @ Calais
        1. general Eisenhower
          1. Utah
            1. Omaha
              1. Gold
                1. juno
                  1. sword
      2. Germans put up resiistance
        1. bloody Omaha
          1. 3,000 US soldiers killed
            1. D-day landing
              1. 6th June 1944
        2. by evening 155,000 Allied soldiers had arrived
          1. 1,000 funnies(tanks)
          2. Omaha bad choice
            1. cliffy beach
              1. Germans could shoot from cliffs as Allies came in
                1. Germany's still saw defeat
            2. Western Liberation from Nazi Occupation
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