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D Day
THE ATLANTIC WALL
The Atlantic wall consisted in a series of fortifications with its heaviest point in the Calais zone, its intention was to stop the allied invasion on the beaches, preventing any infiltration.
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German coastal defense huge gun |
Anti tank defense |
Coastal obstacles |
THE LANDING
The landing took place on the june 6 1944, the atlantic wall was easiliy breached, and the german reinforcements that could throw the allies back to the sea were prevented from arriving by the overwhelming allied air superiority that destroyed the communications. But a fast penetration into French soil didn`t occured due to the rough nature of terrain that facilitated the german defense.
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British forces entering a city. |
A view of the beachead |
The americans taking prisoners |
The invasion begun with a parachute drop on the west. That units wasn`t very effective in its assault due to the difficulties to coordinate the operation of the scattered units. After that the landings took place. On the west the americans faced a hard resistance and had a lot of casualties, but finally they managed to get out of the beaches. On the east side the British and canadian forces mnaged to penetrate up to 16 km from the beaches, but they couldn`t take Caen, which was its primary objective.
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A massive german surrender in a coastal town |
The americans advancing out of the beach. |
THE CONQUERED TERRAIN
The map shows in yellow colour the terrain taken by the allies in the D Day
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