The USS North Carolina (BB-55) My all-time favorite warship. As an elementary school student in North Carolina, I donated nickels and dimes to save this ship back in the early sixties.

Wednesday, June 20, 2012

A D-Day Timeline

From the June 6th Chicago Tribune.


SEPTEMBER 1941--  Britain begins investigating feasability of amphibious assault in Europe.

DECEMBER 1941--  American planners get involved after Pearl Harbor.

1942-1943--  Various dates and attack spots discussed.

MAY 30, 1944--  The Allied invasion of France commences.  As part of Operation Overlord, troops based in England begin mobilizing to cross the English Channel.

JUNE 5--  Overlord begins as an advance wave of paratroopers land in enemy territory.

JUNE 6--  D-Day.  A naval bombardment begins in the morning.  Operation Neptune begins.  Fighting begins as more than 150,000 troops and 30,000 vehicles are landed along a 50-mile stretch of fortified French coastline.

JUNE 30--  Allied forces establish a foothold in Normandy.

JULY--  Allies take control of Cherbourg.

AUGUST 19--  Allies cross the River Seine and Paris liberated.

There You Have It.  --GreGen

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