Summary
Germans and Soviets engaged in various major battles while allies sought to liberate France → but Germany was there for long time and had strong fortifications Us + Germany declared war on each other → assured assistance for allies
- high risk undertaking → but start of op overlord set for 6th june 1944
- combined allied forces → landed on heavily fortified coasts of france’s normandy region By then → Mussolini fallen → Italy signed armistice with allies
- Germany was fighting alone with allies in europe
D-Day successful due to effective planning, overwhelming resources, leadership
- give examples; destroyed radio, rail links, bridges with 13000 allied aircraft (compared to only 400 german)
- brought 13000 soldiers across english channel by sea and 23000 by air -reinforced by tanks, weapons, ammunition and other war essentials
all of these - cut of german forces in normandy from resources
As Germans and Soviets → engaged in various major battles
- allies sought to liberate France
However → Germans had been in France → since 1940 + had strong fortifications
Dec 1941 → US and Germany → declared war on each other → assuring US assistance for allies.
- was a high risk undertaking → but start of Operation overload (D-Day) → nonetheless fixed for 6 June 1944.
- On this day > combined allied forces landed on heavily fortified coasts of France’s Normandy region
By then → Mussolini → fallen + Italy → signed armistice with allies in Sept 1943.
- Thus Germany → was fighting against allies on its own in Europe
D-Day → successful → because of combination of overwhelming resources + effective planning + leadership.
- Brought 130,000 allied troops → across English Channel → by sea + 23000 → by air.
- They were reinforced by tanks, weapons, ammunition and other war essentials
- some 13,000 allied aircraft (facing only 400 German aircraft) → pounded radar installations, rail links, bridges.
- Effectively cut off German forces in Normandy from reinforcements