D-Day Air Invasion
Goal: Defeating Germany
Western allies vs Germany
the commanders and leaders on D-Day were
Dwight D. Eisenhower
(Supreme Allied Commander)
Arthur Tedder (Deputy Supreme Allied Commander)
Bernard Montgomery(21st Army Group, Ground Forces Commander in Chief)
Trafford Leigh-Mallory(Air Commander in Chief)
Bertram Ramsay(Naval Commander in Chief)
Omar Bradley (U.S. 1st Army)
Miles Dempsey(British 2nd Army)
Event Information
D-Day
- Axis powers: Germany, Italy, Japan.
Allied Powers:United States, United Kingdom, Soviet Union, South Africa, New Zealand, Newfoundland, Canada, Brazil, Australia.
When?
Tuesday, Jun 6, 1944, 12:00 AM
Where?
Normandy
- the Western Allies landed in northern France
- The strategy was to invade Normandy by air, land, and sea
- Germany couldnt hold back the attack