NORMANDY INVASION:
THE STORY OF D-DAY

STORY CHAPTER LINKS
1. STORY PREFACE
2. THE WEATHER BREAKS
3. A CROSS-CHANNEL ATTACK
4. WHO WILL COMMAND?
5. D-DAY COMMANDERS
6. "LET'S GO"
7. CROSSING THE CHANNEL
8. DEATH ON THE SHORE
9. DIGGING IN; FIGHTING ON
10. UTAH BEACH
11. OMAHA BEACH
12. DECEPTION
13. CANADIANS LAND AT JUNO BEACH
14. BRITS LAND AT GOLD BEACH
15. ...AND SWORD BEACH
16. STUNNING D-DAY FACTS
17. USED AND RECOMMENDED SOURCES

PREFACE

OK, let’s go.

Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower’s
Order to Proceed with Normandy Invasion


The phase of the moon (full) and the level of the tide (three hours past its ebb) would dictate the invasion’s start.

For a few days each month those conditions were possible. A full moon would provide sufficient light. The tide had to be low enough to allow those manning the landing crafts to see German-placed obstacles on the French shore but high enough for troops to avoid too much unprotected beach. The best day in June, 1944, was the 5th - a Monday.

But would the weather cooperate?

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Author: Carole D. Bos, J.D.