The Invasion Of Normandy: One Of The Most Important Tactical Movements During World War II

The invasion in Normandy was one of the most important tactical movements during World War II that without the invasion, the war could have lasted longer than it had. The United States, with the help of other allied nations, launched a massive attack that used many different approaches and equipment. Most of the main attacks were initiated by the sea where many nations landed on different beaches. Ground attacks and ground movements were made easy by heavy tanks and troop carriers. Lastly, with the attacks on the beach by the sea, Soldiers were being airlifted by plane, which was is still one of the biggest aerial operations to date.
With the three different methods of the invasion, the war would have been harder to win if the nations
The primary means of bringing the Soldiers from ship to shore were landing crafts. Any seagoing vessel that was less than two hundred feet was considered a craft and not a ship. There were many different crafts that were set up for different mission capabilities. Some of the crafts were solely for logistics such as floating kitchens, vehicle transports, emergency maintenance and drinking water resupply. Others were utilized as attack vehicles to aid in the deployment of troops and equipment like the Assault Landing Craft (LCA) and the Infantry Landing Craft (LCI). The LCI was 160 feet long and traveled at a maximum speed of fifteen
Some of the aircraft tasked with this portion of the mission were the British Lancaster’s, American B-17 Flying Fortresses and Hawker Typhoons, among others. Hundreds of American C-47s were responsible for the transport of paratroopers to play their part during the initial invasion June 6, 1944. The Waco CG-4 with a wing span of 84 feet landed thousands of allied personnel behind enemy lines carrying equipment and munitions, these aircraft were a type of American made gliders. These gliders could transport up to 15 Soldiers, or transport heavy