1. Guess what this is: 6,552,290 rifles 15,603,000 shaving brushes
4,490,000 bayonets
519,122,000 pairs of socks
634,569 jeeps
237,371,000 cans of insect repellent
3,076,000,000 lbs. of beef
25,065,834,000 rounds ammo.
1,397,000,000 lbs coffee
106,466,000 tent pins
2,679,819 machine guns

2. Operation Fortitude

3. Operation Overlord
D-Day June 6, 1944

4. Operation Overlord Goal: To Liberate France
June 6-30th codename for sea invasion Operation Neptune
D-Day: Largest amphibious
landing of all time
Beach names were random (easy to hear on radio)

5. Innovation After the Dieppe Raid of 1942
Churchill
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Mulberries

6. D-Day Just stands for Day There were many D-Days in history
They were unsure of the actually day because of the weather; originally 6/5/44 but there was a storm
Needed spring tide and full moon (only happens once a month)
For light and deeper water to get over obstacles

7. Normandy Beach US Britain Canada Free France (air)
6:30 AM (British time)
Did the US have the harder beaches to invade?

8. Eisenhower
Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen of the Allied Expeditionary Force!
You are about to embark upon the Great Crusade, toward which we have striven these many months. The eyes of the world are upon you. The hopes and prayers of liberty-loving people everywhere march with you. In company with our brave Allies and brothers-in-arms on other Fronts, you will bring about the destruction of the German war machine, the elimination of Nazi tyranny over the oppressed peoples of Europe, and security for ourselves in a free world. Your task will not be an easy one. Your enemy is well trained, well equipped and battle hardened. He will fight savagely. But this is the year 1944! Much has happened since the Nazi triumphs of The United Nations have inflicted upon the Germans great defeats, in open battle, man-to-man. Our air offensive has seriously reduced their strength in the air and their capacity to wage war on the ground. Our Home Fronts have given us an overwhelming superiority in weapons and munitions of war, and placed at our disposal great reserves of trained fighting men. The tide has turned! The free men of the world are marching together to Victory! I have full confidence in your courage and devotion to duty and skill in battle. We will accept nothing less than full Victory! Good luck! And let us beseech the blessing of Almighty God upon this great and noble undertaking. SIGNED: Dwight D. Eisenhower

9. Were the Germans ready? They knew an invasion would be coming
Rommel “The Desert Fox” left to see his wife for her b-day
Thought the weather was too poor for an invasion
Hitler was supposedly asleep and no one wanted to wake him
They had a meeting the next day to talk about preventing an invasion

10. Did it leak?
Leonard Dawes has clues in The Daily Telegraph newspaper crossword

11. What significance did the radio
Role of the Civilians?
French Resistance
(The Marquis)
Damage railroads, telephone lines, etc.
Radio messages
Poem lines from Chanson d'Automne
Les sanglots longs des violons de l'automne" (Long sobs of autumn violins)
Radio code for military:
“The dice are on the Table”
What significance did the radio
Play in the war?

12. Robert Capa
Photographer in many wars-Spanish Civil War, WWII, Start of Vietnam War (French)
Took the pictures of Omaha Beach invasion
Film was overexposed and only 11 shots of 4 rolls of film survived
Died in 1954 from a landmine

13. Famous Faces

14. Saving Private Ryan Company A lost three sets of brothers from V.A.
Sullivan Law

15. Higgins Boat & The Bootleggers
LCVP: Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel

16. Toymaker and Weatherman
The giant wall map used by General Eisenhower and General Montgomery at their HQ Southwick House was made by toy maker Chad Valley
Dr. James Martin Stagg

17. Allies Secret?

18. Stats: Omaha had most deaths in initial landing
Allied troops landed in Normandy
156,115
American (Omaha & Utah beaches + airborne)
73,000
British (Gold & Sword beaches + airborne)
61,715
Canadian (Juno Beach)
21,400
Airborne troops (included in figures above)
23,400
Aircraft supporting the landings 
11,590
Sorties flown by allied aircraft
14,674
Aircraft lost 
127
Naval vessels in Operation Neptune
6939
Naval combat ships
1213
Landing ships and landing craft
4126
Ancillary craft
736
Merchant vessels
864
Personnel in Operation Neptune 
195,700
American
52,889
British
112,824
Other allied
4988
Omaha had most deaths in initial landing
156,000 men landed first day
Over 30,000 vehicles
Over 9,000 Allied Deaths by end June 6th