America at D-Day: a Day of Reme

AMERICA AT D-DAY: A DAY OF REMEMBRANCE I am very interested in World warfare II. So I choose a book that was written slightly the Normandy Invasion. More commonly know as D-Day or Deliverance day. The gloss of the book is America at D-Day. It was written by Richard Goldstein. The book has 287 pages and excessively has 90 different pictures from the invasion of Normandy. The reason the author wrote this book was to luff exactly what happened at D-Day. The author starts off by describing the homework for D-Day in great detail. The code name given to the Normandy Invasion was military operation Overlord. It was intend mainly by General Dwight David Eisenhower. Prior to World War II Eisenhower never had any actual combat experience. Eisenhower was a training officer during World War I. Then in 1942 Eisenhower was given command of the Allied invasion of North Africa. Eisenhower is not the type of man who has a huge ego and he does not give blood-and-guts speeches, but he does know how to conductor people who have super egos. General Eisenhower “had the ability to work generals--along with airmen, dark blue men, and lesser soldiers by the millions--in effective harmony in carrying out large-scale operations” (Goldstein 8).

That is one of the reasons why Eisenhower was chosen to lead Operation Overlord. Operation Overlord was a well kept secret. The ally went through a lot to make sure that the Germans only perceive what the Allies involveed him to hear and see. The Allies built taunt armies on the south easterly corner of England. That was the location that was the shortest outgo between England and France. The Germans were sure that if there was an amphibious invasion that it would come from the south eastern corner of England. The allies put up cardboard airplanes and tanks that fooled the pictures interpreted by the German spy planes. The Allied intelligence reports showed that Hitler and his leaders were... If you want to get a full essay, order it on our website: Ordercustompaper.com

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