D-Day

D-Day by:Nora

D-Day is a term for a secret date on which a military operation is about to begin. The term D-Day became widely used in World War 2. Such terms as D-plus-3(three days after initial attack) and H-hour(the hour of an attack),are used to plan the sequence of events. The most famous D-Day was June 6, 1944, when the allies invaded Normandy, in northwestern France. That D-Day marked the largest seaborne invasion in history. The code name for the allied invasion was operation overload. General Dwight D. Eisenhower commanded it. At the time of the invasion, Nazi Germany controlled France and most of western Europe. Allied warplanes riddled the invasion area with bombs and gunfire, while warships bombarded the Normandy beaches. United soldiers then landed at beaches code named Omaha and Utah. British soldiers landed at Gold and Sword beaches, and Canadian troops landed at Juno Beach. This is my report on D-Day .