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When was dday?
D-Day was June 6, 1944 - the Allied invasion of German-occupied France in Normandy. The code word for D-Day was Mickey Mouse.(Note: D-Day is simply a codeword, like H-Hour.)
What was the importance of dday?
D-Day was designed to be the last push on germany. D Day was the first step in taking the war back to Hitlers Europe. At that time the Russians were pressing in the East and were taking most of the casualties in the war. Italy had been invaded by the Allies but a new front was required. Dday was the day on which (at that time) the greatest sea armada ever known was lauched against the Normandy coast. The invasion area was set into five beaches. Despite what Hollywood says it was not a solely US affair. The Americans had two of the areas, the British had two and the Canadians had one.
What was the US accomplishments on DDay?
They landed on Normandy beach.. and were pressing inwards into Europe to take down the Nazi regime
149th engineer combat battalion?
My father was in the 149th combat engineer battalion. They landed on DDay on Omaha Beach. Their boat hit a mine coming in and several men were injured or killed. My father was injured, but able to go on.
Why was dday called dday?
D-day is the term used as code to describe the start of the retaking (Normandy sea landings) of Europe in the Second World War. D-day in military terms means Deployment Day. The actual name for the operation was operation Overlord
