D-day Omaha beach

Eric Bals

Timeline

Germany invaded and occupied northwestern France beginning in May 1940

The Americans entered the war in December 1941

Allied plans for a cross-Channel invasion began to ramp up 1942

Hitler charged Rommel with finishing the Atlantic Wall, a 2,400-mile fortification of bunkers, landmines and beach and water obstacles.1943

Eisenhower selected June 5, 1944, as the date for the invasion; however, bad weather on the days leading up to the operation caused it to be delayed for 24 hours

June 6, 1944 The British and Canadians overcame light opposition to capture beaches codenamed Gold, Juno and Sword, as did the Americans at Utah Beach. U.S. forces faced heavy resistance at Omaha Beach

Assault landing. One of the first waves at Omaha.

German Panzer IV turret mounted on bunker

Omaha beach after D-day

Photos

Newspaper

The New York Time explanation of what happened at D-day and the newspaper everyone in the family read to hear about D-day

Artifacts

The helmet I used on D-dayThe sand from Omaha beach that I took on D-day

Documents

This is a picture of the document that ordered D-day

This is Eisenhower's note to the public if D-day didn’t go as planed

http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/d-day http://www.508pir.org/present/album/are_s_05.htm http://

www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/big/0606.html http://

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Into_the_Jaws_of_Death_23-0455M_edit.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:German_turret_at_Omaha_Beach.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Normandy_Invasion_June_1944.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Omaha_Beach_Nowadays.jpg http://www.fold3.com/document/4346703/

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