Rubber Tanks scattered across
British countryside to convince
Germans of an attack at Calais, far
from Normandy
The Beginnings• Allied leaders Stalin, Roosevelt, and Churchill meet
in Tehran, and agree that an invasion of German-held France was necessary
• Clear that a massive invasion force was necessary. significantly larger than Dieppe
• Soviets were bearing an overwhelming share of the fight. Average number of Soviets dying every day was 21,000.
Paratroopers• Specially trained soldiers
dropping by parachute
• Dropped behind enemy lines to cut off German supply routes
• With American support, it was a new phase of war with higher morale.
General Eisenhower
A Phantom Army• Greatest weapon was
intelligence
• French Resistance risked their lives to relay info, and destroyed German lines and supplies
• Codebreaking
• *Diversion using inflatables
The Departure
• Reach the French coast by the early morning half tide
• Battleships, cruisers, minesweepers, landing crafts, hospital ships, ammunition ships,
Beach Combat• Main fighting was along five
invasion beaches; Canada was on Juno,between Americans and British
• LCIs (Landing Craft Infantry)
• LSTs (Landing Ship Tank)
• LCVP (Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel)