When an elite group of American soldiers are ordered to take out a series of German machine gun nests, they find themselves blindly venturing into hostile territory. It was launched with 160,000 troops, over 13,000 aircraft and 5,000 ships. It began on June 6, 1944, and launched Operation Overlord an invasion against the Nazi-held Normandy coastline during World War 2 (1939-1945).
With Randy Couture, Chuck Liddell, Weston Cage Coppola, Jesse Kove. D-Day was the first day in one of the largest amphibious invasions to have ever been undertaken. British divisions, which landed at Gold, Juno, and Sword beaches, and Canadian troops also met with heavy German fire. D-Day: Battle of Omaha Beach: Directed by Nick Lyon. Many wounded Americans ultimately drowned in the high tide. 1918, 'date set for the beginning of a military operation,' with D as an abbreviation of day (cf. First Division battled high seas, mist, mines, burning vehicles-and German coastal batteries, including an elite infantry division, which spewed heavy fire. The task was much tougher at Omaha beach, however, where the U.S. The British and Canadians overcame light opposition to capture Gold, Juno and Sword beaches so did the Americans at Utah. Eisenhower gives the go-ahead for the largest amphibious military operation in history: Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of northern France, commonly known as D-Day.īy daybreak, 18,000 British and American parachutists were already on the ground. An additional 13,000 aircraft were mobilized to provide air cover and support for the invasion. At 6:30 a.m., American troops came ashore at Utah and Omaha beaches. On June 6, 1944, Supreme Allied Commander General Dwight D. The National D-Day Education Center Virtual Programs Education Resources School Field Trips and Programs Blog Overview The Leadership Preparation and Planning Stories From Veterans JThe Inland Push The Regime: A View from the Inside Further Learning Donate.