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Liberating Normandy also required capturing the city of Caen, a six-week long battle that started on June 6 and ended on July 19. Fighting for the town was long and bloody, taking until June 30 and costing 2,800 Allied lives and more than 10,000 wounded. As part of this effort theР’В 101st Airborne Division and the 2nd Armored Division had captured and secured the town of CarentanР’В in order to link up Omaha and Utah beaches.Р’В One of the first major Allied objectives was capturing theР’В portР’В town of CherbourgР’В which was at the end of theР’В at the end of the Cotentin Peninsula. Having a safe landing zone on Jmeant thatР’В the AlliesР’В could installР’В two massive temporary harbors, though one was soon damaged beyond repair by weather.Р’В These harbors had taken six months to construct in England prior to their installation in France.Р’В Millions of men, tons of supplies, and hundreds of thousands of vehicles would be unloadedР’В on the beaches of Normandy.Р’В Having available andР’В protectedР’В beachheads allowed Allied forces to then turn their attention to liberating the rest of Normandy.Р”Р„ large component of the Allied plan was the connection of all five beachheads into one continuous front. It took five days of fighting before the Allies secured the five landing beaches, codenamed Omaha, Utah, Gold, Juno, and Sword. Eisenhower, Supreme Allied Commander, 6 June 1944.

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We will accept nothing less than full victory! Good luck! And let us all beseech the blessing of Almighty God upon this great and noble undertaking.

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He will fight savagely.Р”В«ut this is the year 1944! The tide has turned! The free men of the world are marching together to victory! I have full confidence in your courage, devotion to duty and skill in battle. Your enemy is well trained, well equipped and battle-hardened. The hope and prayers of liberty-loving people everywhere march with you. Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen of the Allied Expeditionary Force: You are about to embark upon the Great Crusade, toward which we have striven these many months. On June 6 planesР’В carried 13,000Р’В paratroopers, gliders carried 4,000 glider infantry,Р’В andР’В landing craft carriedР’В 57,000Р’В infantryР’В to storm into Normandy and breach HitlerРІР‚в„ўs Atlantic Wall.Р’В On the eve of battle Dwight Eisenhower has a message for the men about to invade France: Planned for over a year before it started, more than 130,000 Allied troopsР’В stormedР’В intoР’В NormandyР’В in early JuneР’В by sea and by air inР’В the largestР’В amphibious attackР’В in military history. Though World War II contained many РІР‚СљD-DaysРІР‚Сњ the one most fixed in the popular imagination is the D-Day that saw the Allies invade France at Normandy.

TheР’В РІР‚Вbeginning of the end of World War IIРІР‚в„ўР’В came on June 6, 1944.

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