D-Day: A Soldier’s ExperienceNicholas Mercer

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June 6, 1944• At 12:01 A.M. American 101st and 82nd

Airborne jump into Normandy …

Things quickly went wrong.

Fighting Fiercely However, through steadfast resolve and

determination …

The paratroopers were able to reach their destinations.

Just before Dawn

With 14,000 sorties and and thousands of Allied ships the beaches get blasted with an arsenal of weaponry.

However, the bombardment was ineffective.

0600 Hours

The beaches of Normandy get invaded with U.S., British and Canadian Troops …

This is only the beginning.

Fierce BattleThrough hard fighting and individual resolve, the Allies were able to make their way onto the beaches …

It would take many more hours.

German LossesThere were many German losses as well …

Allowing the Allies to have victory.

Allies prove VictoriousThe Allies were able to capture the Beach head of

Normandy.

However, it cost the Allies many casualties.Click here for more information

The HeroesHonor our fallen soldiers …

They are the ones who have ensured our freedom.

ReferencesColonel C.P. Stacey, The Victory Campaign (Official History of the

Canadian Army in the Second World War, Volume III).

http://www.warchronicle.com/numbers/WWII/ddaycasualtyest.htm

Ambrose, Stephen E. D-Day The Climactic Battle of World War II. New York, New York:Touchstone, 1994.