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Sixty-nine Years Ago Today: D-Day By Mike Watson Adair County Historian The largest invasion in history began sixty-nine years ago today. Long planned and stalled by bad weather, Operation Overlord, the invasion of German-occupied France at Normandy by the Allied Forces under direction of General Dwight Eisenhower, was the opening of a second front of fighting in Europe. The movement required a full moon and favorable conditions at sea. The Germans believed an invasion would come at Calais, the closest point between England and France, and they believed could not come at this time due to weather conditions. The invasion began shortly after midnight on June 6, 1944. General Eisenhower, who had been named Supreme Allied Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force, had been faced with the task of ordering the advance as soon as possible, this date became D-Day, the Longest Day. According to final plans, three airborne divisions were to be followed by five ground divisions. The American 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions and the British 6th Division constituted the air power, with bombers, parachutists and gliders. The American force, 13,000 strong, was dropped in such a way that they units were scattered, but many of their targets were achieved. The Germans were in confusion. The American 4th Infantry Division landed on Utah Beach, the 1st Infantry Division and the 29th Infantry Division landed on Omaha Beach, under heavy German fire. The British 50th Infantry Division landed on Gold Beach, The British 3rd Infantry Division landed on Sword Beach, and Canada's 3rd Infantry Division landed on Juno Beach. Waves of troops stormed the beaches supported by massive naval bombardment. U.S. men were pinned down by heavy German fire and 2,400 casualties were the result on Omaha Beach; there were only 197 casualties suffered on Utah Beach, the least number of any of the five invasion points. By sundown, the Allied Forces had established themselves at Normandy, having landed approximately 150,000 men, half Americans, but with a price was 10,400 men. The Germans lost upward of 9,000, according to some sources. The invasion continued with thousands of men coming ashore. One million men had been landed in France by July 4, 1944. Many Adair Countians were with this invasion force, several lost their lives in June and July 1944. One of those in the invasion, who fortunately for us returned to Adair County, was Shirley Glasgow. - Mike Watson This story was posted on 2013-06-06 08:42:07
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