Information about the Normandy landing

1in the early morning of June 6, 944, 2,390 transport planes and 846 gliders from the United States and Britain took off from 20 airports in Britain, carrying three paratroopers and airborne divisions to fly south, ready to land in an important area behind the Normandy coast of France. This is the beginning of the famous "Normandy Landing" (Overlord Landing).

At dawn, the 1 136 planes of the British Royal Air Force dropped 5853 tons of bombs on the 10 fortress on the German coast. 1083 bombers of the Eighth Air Force dropped 1763 tons of bombs on German coastal fortifications. Allied planes bombed coastal targets and inland artillery positions in turn.

At 5: 50, the sun has risen, and allied naval warships began to bomb enemy positions along the coast. Attack force was transported by transport ship to the offshore11.27 ~17.4 km, and then arrived at the beachhead scheduled to attack on time by landing craft.

At 6: 30, the 4th Division of the US Army landed on the beach in Normandy, Utah. But in Omaha beach, the situation of the first division of the US Seventh Army is not good. Big waves, morning fog, smoke and crosswind exhausted the troops and were attacked by enemy gunfire when landing. At that time, the beach was full of dead and wounded soldiers. The next batch of attacking troops also suffered the same misfortune. At this critical moment, two US assault battalions climbed the cliff on the coast with rope ladders and seized and destroyed an enemy battery. But the enemy continued to shoot fiercely and stopped the American troops on the beach. Hubner, commander of the US 1st 1 Infantry Division, made a decisive decision, demanding that destroyers at sea risk killing their own personnel and bomb German artillery groups and bunkers at close range. The destroyer's cannon really exerted great power, and soon, the Germans in the fortifications surrendered. After a hard and bloody battle, the first division of the US Army finally occupied a beachhead position with a depth of less than 3.22 kilometers.

At 7: 20, the British Second Army under Montgomery's command also landed on the coast. By dusk, they entered the mainland for 8 kilometers. Subsequent troops and equipment flowed to the shore.

Rommel, who was at home, got the news and immediately returned by bus, but he didn't arrive at the German West Command until the afternoon.

Ernst and several German generals reported the situation to Hitler anxiously, requesting permission to send two elite tank divisions to Normandy. Hitler replied that the two tank divisions could not act rashly and decided after seeing the development of the form. Say that finish, he went to bed for a lunch break.

When Hitler woke up from his nap at 3 pm, the front reported that a large number of allied troops had landed and went thousands of meters deep into the land. Hitler just woke up from a dream, and he quickly approved the dispatch of armored divisions to support Normandy.

But it is too late! By June of 12, several beaches of the allied forces in Normandy had been connected in a line, and the follow-up troops continued to flow and the military supplies continued to increase, all of which ensured the success of the Normandy landing. 19 In August, the allies occupied Mount on the west bank of the Seine. On this day, the people of Paris held an armed uprising and liberated their capital. On August 25th, Eisenhower's 2nd French Armored Division entered the city center from the south and west gates of Paris. Since then, fascist Germany has fallen into the iron tongs of the former Soviet Union and the Anglo-American Allied Forces, accelerating its demise.

Other information about the Normandy landing

As early as July 194 1, the former Soviet Union formally requested Britain to open a second front in western Europe. Roosevelt and Churchill agreed at the meeting in Washington and Quebec that the allied forces landed in western Europe in 1944 to cooperate with the Soviet Union in implementing the strategic counterattack. 1 1 to 12, Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin formally agreed at the Tehran conference, 1944. In May, the United States and Britain landed in northern France, and at the same time landed in southern France. Subsequently, the United States and Britain appointed Army General Eisenhower as the supreme commander of the Allied European Expeditionary Force.

Europe has suffered in the shadow of fascism for nearly five years, and now they have reason to expect liberation! Because the powerful allied forces are about to start his big counterattack, all this makes the fascist forces go to hell! Wish you all the best. Let's pray together and may Almighty God bless this great and noble cause.

-Allied Commander Eisenhower's speech to the soldiers who landed in Normandy before landing.

USA 10 1 Airborne Division

10 1 airborne division, its obvious sign is that there is a howling eagle head on the armband of the division uniform, also called "Eagle Division". The US Army formally established this division in 1942. 1944,10/the airborne division participated in the famous Normandy landing, successfully completed the combat mission and became famous in one fell swoop. In the same year, the division also took part in the battle to capture barstow, and won the "Outstanding Army Award Order". 1974, the division was officially renamed as "No.10/air assault division", which realized the transformation from parachute maneuver to helicopter maneuver.