Why Did The Allies Attack Normandy

By June 6 ,1944, the Allies ( made up of the U.S , Britain , Canada , and France) had sent

150,000 men to Normandy. The objective was to secure the 5 beaches that the Germans had

Secured prior. The U.S’s 1st and 3rd division were supposed to attack Utah and Omaha beach.

While the UK’s 50th and 3rd division were to attack Gold and Sword beach. Canada’s 3rd

division was ordered to ambush Juno beach. The troops were dropped off by a new technology.

Amphibious tanks had been made to go across the ocean and drive up on the beach to get the

soldiers as far as they could. The Germans had an idea for this. It’s called Rommel’s asparagus.

These would be X looking things designed to stop the amphibious vehicles mentioned

previously. Though

Allies also used the Mulberry Harbors. These harbors sustained the fuel the Allies would

need. The fuel was supplied by P.L.U.T.O ( pipeline under the ocean). I may be describing the
Germans as defenseless people but they actually had intel about the attack but lacked any

knowledge of where they were going to arise. Field Marshal, Erwin Rommel commanded the

German forces to the north of France. He believed the only chance he had of defeating the

invading force before they got ashore, was to spread out his reserves on the coast so that they

could attack the forces the were bound to land there. His superior, Westfield Marshal, Gerd Von

Rundstedt wanted all the troops in one place. Believing that with numbers, comes power. He was

a very old fashioned man like that. Since the two could not agree the had to balance. So some

troops were commanded to fight on the northern coast but were not authorized to be deployed

without the consent of their current leader, Hitler. The beaches were ranked among the troops

and it was agreed that Utah beach was the easiest while omaha was the most unyielding. D Day

is defined as the biggest seaboard invasion in history, but i don’t settle with that. That is just