D-Day

D-Day ===D-Day occured on June 6, 1994 when 160,000 allied men landed with in one of the five sections of the beaches Utah,Omaha, Gold, Juno, and Sword.They showed up to fight Nazi Germany on the beach of Normandy, France. There was more than 5,000 ships and 13,000 planes that helped in the D-Day invasion. The codename was Operation Overload. Only about 10,000 men were killed during the invasion. 100,000 soldiers attempted to march across the European border but only marched to their defeat. One the night before the landings 23,000 US and British para troopers landed in France behing the German defensive lines by parachute and glider. The invasion force of more than 155,000 troops included 50,000 vehicles, nearly 11,000 aircrafts, and more than 7,000 navel crafts supported the invasion.The Allies ended up winning the battle/invasion. ===