Dwight Eisenhower's Operation Overlord Or D-Day
Operation overlord, also known as D-day, began on june six, nineteen forty-four. Dwight eisenhower was made supreme commander. A total of thirty-two thousand missions were launched to take photos of vital locations. America would attack Utah and Omaha. D-day was originally set for june fifth but was postponed for twenty four hours due to bad weather. On April twenty eighth, nineteen forty-four, a D-day rehearsal, a convoy ship was destroyed by a German torpedo and nine hundred forty six americans died offshore of slapton sands. At around six thirty am, U.S troops landed on beaches and 156,000 Americans landed. This attack was the largest amphibious military assault in history. In normandy american cemetery is oklahoma beaches and english