D-DAY June 6, 1944

     D-Day is the largest seaborne invasion in history. Twelve Allied nations provided fighting units that participated in the invasion, including Australia, Canada, Belgium, France, Czechoslovakia, Greece, New Zealand, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, the United Kingdom and the United States. The battle began months before the invasion, when allied bombers began to pound the Normandy coast and farther south, to destroy transportation links and to disrupt the German army’s build up of military strength. More than 300 planes dropped 13,000 bombs over Normandy in advance of the invasion. Six parachute regiments, with more than 13,000 men also went ahead to cut railroad lines, blow up bridges and seize landing fields. Gliders also brought in men, light artillery, jeeps and small tanks.
 
    During the D-Day invasion, the allied forces made a battle plan to storm the beaches of Normandy, France. Though, for the allied forces, the enemy troops stationed in Normandy also knew of the plans to storm the beaches. Hundreds of thousands of soldiers died on D-Day because of the enemy troops in Normandy were well-prepared for an invasion.