D-Day: A Soldier’s Experience Nicholas Mercer EXTRA EXTRA ALLIES INVADE NORMANDY
D-Day: A Soldier’s ExperienceNicholas Mercer
EXTRA EXTRA ALLIES INVADE NORMANDY
June 6, 1944• At 12:01 A.M. American 101st and 82nd
Airborne jump into Normandy …
Things quickly went wrong.
Fighting Fiercely However, through steadfast resolve and
determination …
The paratroopers were able to reach their destinations.
Just before Dawn
With 14,000 sorties and and thousands of Allied ships the beaches get blasted with an arsenal of weaponry.
However, the bombardment was ineffective.
0600 Hours
The beaches of Normandy get invaded with U.S., British and Canadian Troops …
This is only the beginning.
Fierce BattleThrough hard fighting and individual resolve, the Allies were able to make their way onto the beaches …
It would take many more hours.
German LossesThere were many German losses as well …
Allowing the Allies to have victory.
Allies prove VictoriousThe Allies were able to capture the Beach head of
Normandy.
However, it cost the Allies many casualties.Click here for more information
The HeroesHonor our fallen soldiers …
They are the ones who have ensured our freedom.
ReferencesColonel C.P. Stacey, The Victory Campaign (Official History of the
Canadian Army in the Second World War, Volume III).
http://www.warchronicle.com/numbers/WWII/ddaycasualtyest.htm
Ambrose, Stephen E. D-Day The Climactic Battle of World War II. New York, New York:Touchstone, 1994.