In 1940, France fell and the Allies planned a cross-Channel assault on German occupying forces and to liberate France. The invasion would be codenamed Operation Overlord. With a strength of 2,876,000 Allied troops ready by May 1944, the largest armada in history were in preparation along with more than 1,200 planes. With uncertain weather, strategy disagreements, timing discussions, the order to proceed with the invasion was given on the 5th June.

On June 6, 1944, more than 160,000 Allied troops landed along a 50-mile stretch of heavily-fortified French coastline, to fight Nazi Germany on the beaches of Normandy, France. With more than 5,000 ships and 13,00 aircraft supporting the D-Day invasion, the Allies gained a foot-hold in Continental Europe. It has been recorded that 4,426 Allied personnel were killed on D-Day.

Before the invasion, air and sea components played major roles with around 12,000 planes of the Allied air forces , which swept the Luftwaffe from the skies while Allied ships protected the English Channel. Meanwhile, airborne troops from the United States, Britain and Canada trained and rehearsed for their role in advance of the amphibious landings. In the invasion’s early hours, over one thousand transports dropped 23,400 allied airborne troops over Normandy. Their mission was to secure the flanks and beach exits of the assault area.

The assault phase of Operation Overlord was known as Operation Neptune, which began on June 6, 1944, and ended on June 30, 1944, involved landing troops on beaches and all other associated supporting operations required to establish a beachhead in France. Allied code names for the beaches along the 50-mile stretch of Normandy coast targeted for landing were Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno and Sword.

4,426 men died so that freedom would live.

For more info:
https://www.army.mil/d-day/

#dday #normandy #dday80 #normandylandings #wwii #ww2 #tedconingsby #respect #neverforget #lestweforget #battleofbritain #history #invasionoffrance #normandy #omaha #dakota #c47 #spitfire #617squadron #raf #usaaf #usarmy #army #navy #operationoverlord

Official Ted Coningsby Merchandise
https://tedconingsby.co.uk/shop/
noTEDS
https://tedconingsby.co.uk/noteds/
Ted Social stuff
Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/ted_coningsby/
Facebook
https://m.facebook.com/tedconingsbyuk
X
https://twitter.com/tedconingsby
www.tedconingsby.co.uk

Ted Coningsby Membership:
Join our channel to get access to members only perks. In reality, we rely on your subscriptions to keep our channel growing, so this is a MASSIVE help and thank you to ALL of you who have subscribed. We go all over the country to get the footage we need for you to enjoy but this comes at a cost. Your membership will help fund us with the fuel and the equipment we need…
https://www.youtube.com/c/tedconingsby/join

Take the opportunity to connect and share this video with your friends and family if you find it useful.