USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Normandy invasion began to turn the tide against the Nazis. A significant psychological blow, it also prevented Hitler from sending troops from France to build up his Eastern Front against the advancing Soviets.

Detailed explanation-2: -The D-Day invasion marked a turning point in the war. Total Allied casualties in the Battle of Normandy, which dragged on until August, topped 226, 000. But thanks in part to the massive influx of troops and equipment, D-Day marked a decisive turning point in the war.

Detailed explanation-3: -The war would not be over by Christmas. But D-Day had opened another major front, where the bulk of America’s rapidly expanding army could at last be brought to bear. It led to the liberation of France, denying Germany any further exploitation of that country’s economic and manpower resources.

Detailed explanation-4: -D-Day marked the turn of the tide for the control maintained by Nazi Germany; less than a year after the invasion, the Allies formally accepted Nazi Germany’s surrender. D-Day was a day that cost many lives on all sides of the conflict, changing not only the future of countries, but of families as well.

Detailed explanation-5: -The operation, given the codename OVERLORD, delivered five naval assault divisions to the beaches of Normandy, France. The beaches were given the code names UTAH, OMAHA, GOLD, JUNO, and SWORD. The invasion force included 7, 000 ships and landing craft manned by over 195, 000 naval personnel from eight allied countries.