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The Battle of D-Day :: essays research papers
The Battle of D-Day Introduction I.     What were the events that happened before D-Day? A.     When would the invasion happen? B.     The build up of men, boats, and planes in England. C.     The invasion was postponed. II.     The invasion begins. A.     When and where did the invasion happen? B.     What happened at the five landing sites? C.     What went wrong? III.     The invasion ends. A.     How long did it take? B.     How many men were lost? Conclusion Final Thesis: D-Day was a prominent event in history, and there were many events that happened on and before that day.      Have you ever been a part of something big? Maybe a it was a big game or something very important. Well I will be telling you about the D-Day invasion. All of the people that took part in this invasion had that feeling of being part of something big. This battle marked the being of the end of World War II. D-Day was a prominent event in history, and there were many events that happened on and before that day.      The Allied nations had chosen May 1944 for the invasion. There were problems with making the landing crafts, which forced postponement until June. Eisenhower, on May 17, fixed June 5, as the day for the invasion. Eisenhower and his subordinates decided on a 24-hour delay. This required the recall of ships that had already gone to sea. Then on the morning of June 5, the Ok was given for the invasion to start.      There were five beaches that were going to land on, each with its own code name. The first beach on the right was code named â€Å"Utah†. The second beach from the right was â€Å"Omaha†. â€Å"Gold†was the center beach. The second beach from the left was code named â€Å"Juno†. â€Å"Sword†Beach was the beach farthest on the left.      James Martin Stagg was the chief meteorological adviser to General Dwight D. Eisenhower. Stagg was the head of the committee of meteorologists, who’s job it was to forecast weather conditions in the English Channel during the days and weeks leading up to D-Day. The landing was to be any day between June 5 and 7. The first day of June saw low-laying rain clouds, high winds, and stormy seas, which would disrupt the crossing of the Channel on the morning of June 4. Eisenhower who postponed the invasion do to weather. That night Stagg told Eisenhower that the weather should be ok on the 6th of June. Eisenhower listened to him and the invasion toke place on June 6,1944.      â€Å"As it happened, weather did not seriously disrupt the D-Day landings, though the poor conditions had lulled the German defenders into thinking that an Allied
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