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The Battle Of D-Day

The Battle of D-Day
Introduction
I. What were the events that happened before D-Day?
A. When would the invasion happen?
B. The build up of men, boats, and planes in England.
C. The invasion was postponed.
II. The invasion begins.
A. When and where did the invasion happen?
B. What happened at the five landing sites?
C. What went wrong?
III. The invasion ends.
A. How long did it take?
B. How many men were lost?
Conclusion

Final Thesis: D-Day was a prominent event in history, and there were many events
that happened on and before that day.

Have you ever been a part of something big? Maybe a it was a big game or
something very important. Well I will be telling you about the D-Day invasion.
All of the people that took part in this invasion had that feeling of being part
of something big. This battle marked the being of the end of World War II.
D-Day was a prominent event in history, and there were many events that
happened on and before that day.
The Allied nations had chosen May 1944 for the invasion. There were problems
with making the landing crafts, which forced postponement until June.
Eisenhower, on May 17, fixed June 5, as the day for the invasion. Eisenhower
and his subordinates decided on a 24-hour delay. This required the recall of
ships that had already gone to sea. Then on the morning of June 5, the Ok was
given for the invasion to start.
There were five beaches that were going to land on, each with its own code
name. The first beach on the right was code named "Utah". The second beach from
the right was "Omaha". "Gold" was the center beach. The second beach from the
left was code named "Juno". "Sword" Beach was the beach farthest on the left.
James Martin Stagg was the chief meteorological adviser to General Dwight D.
Eisenhower. Stagg was the head of the committee of meteorologists, who's job it
was to forecast weather conditions in the English Channel during the days and
weeks leading up to...