Operation overlord (D-DAY) Walker Dow
Zack Yanofsky
June 6th 1944 deployment of 15,000 airborne troops followed by many more thousands of ground soldiers a few hours later striking beaches on the Normandy shore dubbed Utah, Omaha, Sword, Gold, Juno. Prior to the operation Allied intelligence and counter-intelligence operatives planted information that told the Germans the allies were going to strike in Pas de Calais. It was the largest land and sea movement of forces ever in military history. Seven days of fighting took place for the allies to establish a foothold in an 80-mile strip of France. Allied air corps destroyed lines of communication and supplies and rendered the powerful German Luftwaffe useless. In a month over 576,000 tons of supplies 170,000 vehicles moved to this location to be deployed. Omar Bradley led an air attack creating a gap where general George Patton leader of 3rd army advanced inland in to France. August 23rd Patton reached the Seine River south of Paris, joined up with French resistance fighters and liberated Paris. By September 1944 allied forces had freed France, Belgium, and Luxemburg. Losses in this operation were costly with over 120,000 soldiers by July 24th.
In the beginning it was kinda hard to follow what you were talking about but after the first few sentences it made a lot more sense. I think you should have introduced the topic a little more before stating the facts.
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