1. D-Day
June 6th, 1944

2. Operation Overlord Dwight D. Eisenhower – General Plan
Cross the English Channel
82nd, 101st Airborne
Hit Normandy, France
5 “beaches” or landing zones
Omaha and Utah – U.S.
Gold, Juno, Sword – British and Canadian

3. Operation Fortitude
Designed to convince the Germans the attack was coming elsewhere
Bombed other regions in attempt to “soften them up”
Navy
Air Force
Created fake unit via radio
Dummy paratroopers
Germans were convinced the attack was somewhere else

4. German preperations General Rommel In charge of building Atlantic Wall
Concrete bunkers
Pillboxes
Flooded areas to prevent glider landings
Rommelspargel – poles in ground with explosives

5. Invasion Delayed one day due to weather Beaches:
Sword – British, light casualties
Juno – Canadians, heavy resistance, still reached objectives
Gold – heavy casualties
Omaha – U.S. – most heavily fortified, order to abandon beach almost given
Utah – U.S. lightest casualties

6. Total Casualties Allies: Germans: Total – 10,264
Total – Between 4,000-9,000