1. IX. Operation Overlord: D-Day June 6,1944
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2. Led by General Dwight D. Eisenhower

3. IX. Operation Overlord: D-Day June 6,1944
Amphibious landing on the beaches of Normandy, France by Allied Forces
1. Largest amphibious (sea to land) invasion ever
2. 5,000 ships + over 150,000 men
3. Paratroopers were dropped behind enemy lines the night before.

4. World War II Paratroopers

10. World War II Gliders

22. B. Beach Code Names

23. #1 Utah and Omaha Beaches
- Normandy beaches the U.S. invaded.

24. #2 Gold and Sword Beach
- invaded by the British

25. #3 Juno Beach
- invaded by Canadians

28. The Higgins Boats - Built in New Orleans
- Used to land soldiers & equipment onto the beaches of Normandy

58. D-Day Statistics: Unit Allies Germans Ratio Ground Troops 1 million
700,000
1.43:1
Replacements
120,000
20,000
6:1
Other Men
1.75 million
780,000
2.25:1
Total
2.87 million
1.5 million
1.92:1

59. Unit
Allies
Germans
Ratio
Tanks
5500
1400
3.93:1
Artillery
4800
3200
1.5:1
Others
2000
800
2.5:1

60. Air Force
Bombers
Fighters
Total
RAF
624
2172
2796
USAAF
1922
1311
3233
Luftwaffe
400
420
820
Ratio
6.4:1
8.3:1
7.4:1

61. D-Day Casualties 2,700 British 946 Canadians 6,603 Americans
4,000 and 9,000 Germans
By the time the Battle of Normandy ended 425,000 Allies and Germans were killed or wounded.

62. 2. Result of D-Day Invasion: Allied. forces won and could now bring in
2. Result of D-Day Invasion: Allied forces won and could now bring in troops to fight the rest of Hilter’s army.

63. IX. Graphic Operation Overlord: D-Day - June 6,1944

64. X. Allied Aggression on the Western Front
A. Battle of St. Lô (July 25, 1944):
Patton pushed the German troops out of Paris.

65. Liberation of Paris

69. B. By Sept. 1944, France, Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands were freed from Axis control.