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"Operation Overlord" D-Day

"Operation Overlord" D-Day. June 6, 1944. D-Day Planning. Lt. General Frederick Morgan 1942 request for postcards of coast of France 1943 Chose Normandy 75% of total force was to be US. Planning. Norfolk House Rommel planned and Prepared German Atlantic Wall then went home to wife.

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"Operation Overlord" D-Day

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  1. "Operation Overlord" D-Day June 6, 1944

  2. D-Day Planning • Lt. General Frederick Morgan • 1942 request for postcards of coast of France • 1943 Chose Normandy • 75% of total force was to be US

  3. Planning • Norfolk House • Rommel planned and • Prepared German Atlantic • Wall then went home to wife

  4. D-Day facts • 5000 vehicles transported 150,000 men and 30,000 vehicles • 13,000 men parachuted • 300 planes dropped bombs on beaches before landing • 7,500 sorties made on June 6th • 5,000 tons of gasoline to be used daily

  5. By evening of June 6th 9,000 Allied soldiers were dead or wounded. • 100,000 troops had made it to ashore • Supplies unloaded on beaches at 20,000 tons /day • From D-day –Christmas 30,000 Germans captured

  6. Operation Fortitude • Deception Strategy • Spanish Born Secret agent : Codenamed Garbo (Allies top double agent) • Provided Germans with • Misinformation

  7. Weather delay • Bad weather postponed date to June 6th • Bedford sacrifice 90% (Company A)

  8. Decoys at Calais

  9. Major Leaders • US General Eisenhower Commander of D-Day • General Patton Commander of Decoy and 3rd Army after invasion

  10. Invasion Strength • 20,000 British and US airborne troops • 6000 ships • 150,000 allied forces in first wave • 2 million would enter France over the coming weeks

  11. The largest of the D-Day assault areas, Omaha Beach stretched over 10 km (6 miles The western third of the beach was backed by a seawall 3 metres (10 feet) high, and the whole beach was overlooked by cliffs 30 metres high. The American forces 34,250 troops on Omaha Beach and of those about 2,000 were killed, injured or were missing in action (MIA) Omaha Beach

  12. The Utah landing area was approximately 5 km (3 miles) wide The American forces landed numbered 23,250 at Utah Beach and the casualties were relatively light: 137 dead and 60 MIA. About one-tenth the amout of the casualties at Omaha. Utah Beach

  13. German reaction to the landings was slow and confused. Though reports of airborne and seaborne attacks had been pouring into German headquarters since early morning, it was believed that these were only diversions and the real weight of the invasion would come near Calais. The problem was compounded by the German command structure which had been deliberately set up by Hitler to ensure that he himself was the only person who could deploy several key Panzer divisions. German Reactions

  14. Because he always slept late and no-one dared wake him, on the morning of the invasion it was some time before Hitler was informed. by the time these divisions were released, it was too late – the allies were firmly ashore and the opportunity to drive them back into the sea had gone. Only the 21st Panzer Division attempted a major counter-attack on D-Day, and this fizzled out due to a lack of infantry support. German Reactions

  15. Results • By September of 1944 the first Allied troops had entered Germany • Hitler ordered all citizens 16-60 to duty • Planned a scorched earth policy

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