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How did D-Day affect World War 2?
D-Day is and always be something that is remembered from World War 2, it was the beginning of the end. It was also a huge turning point in the war, the Allies were finally winning some battles instead of losing them. "D-Day is the day when the Allies launched a counter attack against the Germans and secured a foot hold on the beaches of Normandy" (Website 1). This shows that, it really was the beginning the end. The Allies planned a counter attack against the Germans and it was successful, they were able to get a hold of something that would help become more powerful during the war and they would be able to start defeating the Germans and start winning the war. "This allowed the Allies to gain a foot hold on part of Europe's coast which allowed them to send in more and more troops each day" (Website 1). Like stated earlier, they were now able to get the foot hold on the beaches, with the foot hold they could send in more troops for their planning attacks on Nazi Germany. With each troop that they were sending in, the closer they were to ending the war. This was a turning point in the war for the Allies, because they finally were able to be step ahead of Hitler and they were ready to attack, end the war, and send their boys home.
D-Day was a success to almost everyone involved, they all basically fulfilled their mission, they all landed in Normandy and were able to get behind enemy's lines. "...at about 10:00 pm, unloading at the beaches ceased. In a single day over 150,000 American, British, Canadian, and French troops had entered France by air and sea, at a cost of nearly 5,000 casualties" (Website 2). So even though there were many causalities that day, they were still able to have over 100,000 other men to back up for the deaths and injuries that they may have faced that day. They were able to keep going with what they had, or what they didn't have. "From the American airborne on the far right to the British airborne on the far left, the invasion front stretched over 50 miles" (Website 2). This shows that they were able to create a pretty good standing point from the beginning, so that they were already a step ahead on the Germans. When it came time to fight they knew that they would ready for the attack knowing that they have 50 miles to help win this war. They had large amounts of troops, they had a 50 mile stretch that put them a step ahead, and they had several different armies working together so make a super army.
With several troops on enemy lines, the Germans retreated and now they weren't too far way from the end of their resistance, "After D-Day, the days of German resistance were numbered" (Website 3). This made D-Day a turning point in the war, because the Allies were finally winning some and getting ahead of the Germans. The Allies had gotten what they wanted, to strike fear in the hearts of the Germans so that they know what they are capable of. They were there to finish some business, they wanted this war over and they are going to do anything they could to get what they wanted. With Allies racing to beat the Soviets to Berlin there was a lot of discovery of the land they were walking on, "Along the way they encountered the depths of Nazi horrors when they discovered concentration camps. American soldiers saw humans that looked more like skeletons, gas chambers, crematoriums, and countless victims" (Website 3). Men
that were coming across these concentration camps were in horror, they couldn't believe their eyes. They knew that there was a hate towards the Jewish in Germany but they never knew that it was taken to this level. When they would come across these camps there wasn't much that they could do, they would give them food, liberate them, and try to find them a place to live since all of their homes have been destroyed by the war. D-Day was the beginning of the end, and the end resulted with the Allies winning, and people's lives being saved. D-Day was the turning point in the war, and the best turning point of them all.
D-Day was a success to almost everyone involved, they all basically fulfilled their mission, they all landed in Normandy and were able to get behind enemy's lines. "...at about 10:00 pm, unloading at the beaches ceased. In a single day over 150,000 American, British, Canadian, and French troops had entered France by air and sea, at a cost of nearly 5,000 casualties" (Website 2). So even though there were many causalities that day, they were still able to have over 100,000 other men to back up for the deaths and injuries that they may have faced that day. They were able to keep going with what they had, or what they didn't have. "From the American airborne on the far right to the British airborne on the far left, the invasion front stretched over 50 miles" (Website 2). This shows that they were able to create a pretty good standing point from the beginning, so that they were already a step ahead on the Germans. When it came time to fight they knew that they would ready for the attack knowing that they have 50 miles to help win this war. They had large amounts of troops, they had a 50 mile stretch that put them a step ahead, and they had several different armies working together so make a super army.
With several troops on enemy lines, the Germans retreated and now they weren't too far way from the end of their resistance, "After D-Day, the days of German resistance were numbered" (Website 3). This made D-Day a turning point in the war, because the Allies were finally winning some and getting ahead of the Germans. The Allies had gotten what they wanted, to strike fear in the hearts of the Germans so that they know what they are capable of. They were there to finish some business, they wanted this war over and they are going to do anything they could to get what they wanted. With Allies racing to beat the Soviets to Berlin there was a lot of discovery of the land they were walking on, "Along the way they encountered the depths of Nazi horrors when they discovered concentration camps. American soldiers saw humans that looked more like skeletons, gas chambers, crematoriums, and countless victims" (Website 3). Men
that were coming across these concentration camps were in horror, they couldn't believe their eyes. They knew that there was a hate towards the Jewish in Germany but they never knew that it was taken to this level. When they would come across these camps there wasn't much that they could do, they would give them food, liberate them, and try to find them a place to live since all of their homes have been destroyed by the war. D-Day was the beginning of the end, and the end resulted with the Allies winning, and people's lives being saved. D-Day was the turning point in the war, and the best turning point of them all.