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The planes roared in the sky, and on the ground, the Germans noticed the arrival of the Allied planes, and the sirens sounded non-stop.

A German division, marching overnight, had just arrived, and they were ordered to repair in the town in the morning and reach the beaches of Normandy in the afternoon.

Now, the commander immediately made a decision and demanded air defense of the whole army.

A few minutes later, the Germans understood the intentions of the Allies, and they saw a large number of white parachutes falling. The German soldiers, not needing orders from the highest commanders, under the command of the summer commanders, opened fire on the parachutes.

The first parachutes were all rubber men, and it stands to reason that this would attract the fire of the Germans on the ground, and the later parachutes were all real people. It is a pity that the Germans were so numerous that no matter how many landed, there were people shooting on the ground.

Later statistics showed that only 10 percent of this division dodged the blow and landed on the ground. Most of these landed airborne troops were captured by the Gestapo, and only a few were protected by the resistance and stubbornly began sabotage.

In the early hours of June 6, 1944. Behind Utah Beach, Normandy.

The 101st Airborne Division was airborne here. This was exactly the position of the German troops. According to the previous plan, this was behind the German positions, and after the landing of the airborne troops, it was possible to flank the Germans from behind.

The plan was not as good as the change, and the Airborne Forces landed precisely on the infantry positions.

The Air Force saw the intensity of ground fire and knew that the landing place was wrong. A small number of pilots of the Air Force temporarily changed their landing places and froze the heads of a small number of airborne troops to a place where there were no German troops.

Delivered to the left flank of the 6th Airborne Division, their goal was to seize the bridge, organize the reinforcement of the German armored corps.

Unfortunately, the plan was only one step away from the actual situation, and the German armored troops also went from this road, however, they had just crossed the bridge. The armored corps used anti-aircraft anti-aircraft machine guns on armored vehicles aimed at aircraft and parachute designs, and this airborne division was completely annihilated.

In the early hours of June 6, 1944. Normandy beachhead.

The importance of the location of Sword Beach is located close to the port of Woodham at the mouth of the Orne River, a beach northeast of the Normandy landings, and the shipping center of northern France, Cannes, located 9 miles south of the beach.

Historically, the British troops who landed east of Sword Beach quickly crushed the fire of the German light infantry after grabbing the beach, and joined up with the paratroopers who had previously landed inland in the afternoon. The British troops who landed from the west of Sword Beach were met with stubborn resistance from the tank units of the German 21st Division, and were unable to meet the Canadian troops who landed at Juno Beach. The two sides fought fiercely until after dusk, when the Allies managed to repel the German armored forces. Of the 29,000 British troops who landed that day, only 630 were killed or wounded.

Those who study history can see that the so-called magnitude of the landings is exaggerated. The mistakes of the Germans made the landing unusually smooth, and the losses of personnel were extremely small. If the Germans had added a division in Normandy, the losses of the Allies would have increased unimaginably large.

Now, a German infantry division came here, although the artillery positions were not established, and even the positions were not complete, but the German troops, who had just entered the position for a day, quickly organized a strong blocking battle, whether it was landing from the east or from the west, they were suppressed by the strong fire of the German army on the beachhead, and throughout the day, the British army organized four charges, all of which were repulsed.

After the reinforcement of American naval guns, German casualties began to increase.

On this day, the British army lost 4,000 men and suffered more than 2,000 wounded. The Germans suffered more than 3,000 casualties, and their positions were bombarded.

Both sides later published a large number of reminiscences to study the reasons for the victory or defeat of the battle. Some of the surviving British veterans shudder every time they recall the battle.

Soon, the British army attacked the beach again, and the position of the beach was on the north side of Sword Beach, and on this day, because the early airborne troops outflanked from the rear, the British landed successfully.

After the British landed, they were soon sniped by the Germans, because of the arrival of German reinforcements, they suffered heavy losses after the landing, and the entire army was almost disabled, defending the town and fighting fiercely with the Germans.

There were 29,000 British troops on the first day, plus the British reinforcements on the second day, a total of 35,000 men, and more than 10,000 were lost, and less than 10,000 were successfully landed, and the remaining British troops, with the assistance of the navy, continued to fight on the beachhead. Because of the bad weather, the landing operation was almost hopeless.

Juno Beach is about 6 miles wide, and 21,400 Canadian troops participated in the Juno landings.

Historically, because the Germans had only light infantry deployed in the villages behind the beach dunes, the Canadian attack force was relentless under German fire in front of the dunes, although it was easy for the Germans to cross the beach, resulting in a casualty rate of up to 50% for the first wave of attacking forces. It was close to noon that the Canadian forces captured the coastal towns and advanced inland to join the British.

Because of a new German division, the Canadian army failed to land, and after losing a third, it returned to the landing craft and sailed away from the coast. The German losses were only three thousand.

Golden Beach was the central point of the entire landing operation. The Germans deployed heavy troops in the coastal town and also placed four heavy guns 500 meters inland from the coast, which were destroyed by the fire of the Navy Ajax. Before nightfall, as in history, 25,000 Allied troops landed without incident.

After the landing, a German division began to counterattack. The two sides engaged in a big battle near the coast. With the sea behind and the Germans in front, the British fought fiercely for three days and lost 20,000 men, and with the help of reinforcements, they were able to gain a foothold.

Utah Beach, the southernmost part, suffered minor losses historically, with only a few companies of German troops and only 197 casualties out of 23,000 officers and men landed.

However, because of the German division, although the Allied landing was successful due to the displacement of the landing site, in the subsequent counterattack, it became a meat grinder, and half of the casualties made it difficult for the Allied forces. When later Allied reinforcements arrived, the Second German Army had no reinforcements and had to retreat.

After the landing, a German division began to counterattack. The two sides engaged in a big battle near the coast.

Omaha between Golden Beach and Utah Beach, because there was a German division and a main regiment on the beachhead, there were no reinforcements from the new German troops. However, because of the attention of the upper echelons, the entire unit was placed more forward, causing greater losses on both sides.

The first day of the landing passed in this way, and for both sides, the battle could be described as tragic. Both sides suffered huge losses. This is very different from the historic Normandy landings.

On the night of the first day of landing, Eisenhower announced in London that the Allied landing had been successful, that the vanguard and airborne troops had landed and reached the rear of the German army, and that the battle was extremely fierce. We will overcome the unfavorable weather and send more troops to continue the landing.

Almost at the same time, the German base camp announced the victory, announcing that an Allied landing operation had been organized in Normandy, which completely annihilated three airborne divisions and eliminated most of the landing force. Now more German units reached the Normandy front. The Allied landing force was to be completely annihilated in positions near the probe and coast.

The day after the day of landing.

Both sides gathered more troops.

The Allies were in a difficult situation. If the troops were to be sent further, the landing troops would have been wiped out on the beaches and near the seashore by the arriving Germans. Only continue to send troops.

The Germans desperately urged the German troops on the road to quickly advance to the battlefield. On the road, the Germans braved heavy rain and marched to the battlefield. The Germans in the vicinity of the battlefield continued to encounter Allied troops with nuclear airborne troops, and the German intelligence-based plan was carried out, with some units fighting Allied airborne forces while large forces continued to advance.

One of the German divisions closest to the battlefield was thrown into battle early, and fierce fighting began. The shore defenders were reinforced, the defensive line, part of the lost positions began to be recaptured.

In the afternoon, a large number of Allied troops successfully landed, and the assault began. By night, almost all of the beachhead had been taken by the Allies.

In the evening, Juno Beach was recaptured by the Germans.

The third day of landing day.

In the morning, the Germans, who arrived at night, began to counterattack before dawn. The Germans finally overcame the rain and mud and assembled on the battlefield, and the two sides fought fiercely with more than 300,000 troops on the battlefield within a radius of several tens of kilometers. The battle lines were staggered, some beaches were still in German hands, and some inland positions had been occupied by the Allies.

In the morning, the assembled German planes regained air supremacy and began to bomb Allied ships and landing forces in the strait. By noon, German planes increased their combat range and at one point blew up several British docks.

In the afternoon, the weather improved even better, and hundreds of American and British planes launched an intensive attack, seizing air supremacy over the Strait in one fell swoop and extending to the French mainland.

Under the cover of aircraft, the coalition forces began to seize battlefield superiority.

The battle continued until late at night, and the Germans lost all their beachheads, and all within a dozen kilometers of the beachhead were taken by the Allies.

At the same time, all the Allied troops parachuted into the rear were wiped out by the Germans, and without the harassment of the airborne troops, the German troops were transported faster by taking advantage of the short good weather.

During the three days of the landing, more than 100,000 soldiers on both sides were killed and wounded in the strait, on the beachhead, in the positions, and on the vast land behind the positions. A small plot of land became the biggest meat grinder since the start of World War II.

The Allied Command and all Allied governments announced the victory, and the German Command and German propaganda announced the German victory. The German armies on the European continent were all mobilized, as were the Allied forces throughout Britain.

Many people see that the French coast, from Normandy to Paris, will become a huge battlefield in the near future.

Both sides released messages saying they had won. The Allies said the landing was successful, and the Germans said they had wiped out hundreds of thousands of Allied troops on the landing field.

The most pressure was on the Allies. The American people already knew that the soldiers had suffered huge losses, and the next day there were demonstrations demanding the withdrawal of troops. By the third day, demonstrations had unfolded in dozens of cities. There was a lot of noise in the state legislatures, and some people who were ready to run for the elections saw that it was profitable and had votes to win them, so they got involved and led the people to protest in the streets.