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D-Day

The Great, the Wondrous, the D-Day Offensive
World War II is the costliest battle in the history of the world. It affected every country that existed and brought some more into establishment. It was Axis, (strongly made up of: Germany, Japan, and Italy) versus Allies (strongly made up of: United States of America, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), the United Kingdom, and China). For a while it looked as if the Axis were headed towards victory, then the Japanese carried out Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941 which made the U.S. fully enter the war and change the tide. By this time the Germans had spread through much of Europe was stomping over anyone that got in their way. The Allied effort was focused on Western Europe and North Africa with the exception of the USSR. The U.S. had helped relieve some pressure in Europe, but the USSR was hoping that the U.S. would relieve some of their German pressure. Thus, military advisors met to plan a crossing of the English Channel to stomp on the Germans, and the concept of D-Day was born. D-Day was then executed on 6 June 1944, one day after originally planned and became one of the most gruesome, important offensives of all time (“D-Day Timeline”).
D-day was planned for 5 June 1944; however inclement weather delayed it 24 hours. So, on 6 June 1944 the operation began with the birds claiming their territory. In these air battles U.S. and British paratroopers were dropped to mark out landing zones and routes for the ground troops. They also deployed to the flanks of the Germans to occupy areas of travel that the Germans could use to reinforce. However, the planes themselves were out also to clear the skies for bomber aircraft, “At 03:00 hours Allied bombers launched massive raids against German defensive positions in Normandy. The complete air superiority of the Allies meant that the bombers were almost entirely unchallenged as they chose their targets.” (“D-Day Timeline”). The air superiority let the bombers come in...