The United States invaded France on June 6, 1944. Some say it was triumph of intelligence coordination, secrecy, and planning. An invading army had never crossed the English Channel since 1688. They were carrying somewhere around 150,000 men and 30,000 vehicles to the beaches of Normandy. The invasion showed the bravery in the individual soldiers having to run up the beach. Watching their troops fellow men being killed by the thousands within 30 minutes.
The U.S. invaded Normandy during World War II to make "the world must be made safe for democracy." These words from Woodrow Wilson in World War I. Applies to Normandy and to the problems the United States of America is having now with terrorists. Dwight D. Eisenhower had two million men involved in providing support services. Had many tasks one of them was to organize around a million combat troops.
On the 6th June, 1944 around 2,727 ships sailed to Normandy coast. On their first day 156,000 men landed on a thirty mile front.......
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