D-Day Fact Sheet - The National WWII Museum D-Day Fact Sheet Invasion Date June 6, 1944 The Invasion Area The Allied code names for the beaches along the 50-mile stretch of Normandy coast targeted for landing were Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno and Sword Omaha was the costliest beach in terms of Allied casualties Allied Forces Nearly 160,000 Allied troops landed on D-Day, made up of major forces
V-E Day: Victory in Europe - The National WWII Museum The Soviets, however, designated May 9 as V-E Day or Soviet Victory Day, based on the document signed in Berlin News of Germany's surrender ignited joyous celebrations in cities across the world In New York City, church bells tolled and car horns sounded as 250,000 soldiers, sailors, and civilians gathered in Times Square to sing and celebrate
D-Day and the Normandy Campaign - The National WWII Museum D-Day Initially set for June 5, D-Day was delayed due to poor weather With a small window of opportunity in the weather, Eisenhower decided to go—D-Day would be June 6, 1944 Paratroopers began landing after midnight, followed by a massive naval and aerial bombardment at 6:30 a m American forces faced severe resistance at Omaha and Utah
Robert Capas Iconic Images from Omaha Beach Before the day was through, American and Allied forces had secured a foothold on the Normandy coast of France, and Capa had taken some of the most famous combat photographs of World War II Capa was born Endre Friedmann in Budapest to a Hungarian Jewish family on October 22, 1913
D-Day: The Allies Invade Europe - The National WWII Museum This, led Allied leaders to set June 5, 1944, as the invasion’s D-Day But on the morning of June 4, meteorologists predicted foul weather over the English Channel on the 5th, leading Eisenhower to postpone the attack for 24 hours
Live Bait and Windy Gross on D-Day - The National WWII Museum Due to scheduling and weather, they were back on station at dawn, June 6, shepherding more gliders into France During his D-Day flight, Gross got a look at the amassed armada of Allied vessels near Normandy In his memoir, he wrote, “Below us in cold light of a new day was a sight I could not believe or will ever forget
V-J Day | The National WWII Museum | New Orleans The United Kingdom announced that its official V-J Day would be the next day, August 15, 1945, and Americans exuberantly joined in that day’s merriment, too Victory over Japan Day (V-J Day) would officially be celebrated in the United States on the day formal surrender documents were signed aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay: September 2
80th Anniversary of D-Day - The National WWII Museum On June 6, 1944, Allied forces launched Operation Overlord—the codename for the massive Allied invasion of Normandy, France—with more than 150,000 troops Ending with approximately 20,000 casualties on both sides, those who took part witnessed one of the most pivotal battles against Axis forces and the beginning of a prolonged, costly, and ultimately successful campaign to liberate
Over-the-Shore Logistics of D-Day - The National WWII Museum By D+4, the force required 6,000 tons of supplies per day, 9,000 by D+10, and over 12,000 by D+16 Over the next two months, the number of troops ashore grew to 1 2 million Americans, along with a quarter-million vehicles and over 5 million tons of supplies and equipment
Remembering V-E Day - The National WWII Museum Remembering V-E Day MMaayy 88,, 11994455 The D-Day invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944, represented the tip of the Allied spear in Germany’s Western Front Over the next eleven months, millions of tons of supplies, vehicles, and Allied soldiers poured onto the continent to join the fight against the Nazis