D-DAY BEACHES
When is D-day? That’s a military secret because a D-day is a day when an
invasion begins. During World War II, D-day was supposed to be June 5,
1944. Almost three million men from the armies of the United States and
its Allies were all set to invade the beaches of Normandy and drive
Adolf Hitler’s army out of France. But the weather was stormy, so the
leader of the invasion, General Eisenhower, commanded the armies to
wait. In the early morning of June 6, gliders landed in enemy territory,
ships fired their big guns, airplanes dropped bombs, and the Allies
landed on the beaches. This day was the most famous D-day of all—the
beginning of the end of World War II.
Today, the quiet Normandy beaches are still strewn with reminders of the
invasion on D-day.
Today, children play in World War II bunkers on Normandy Beach.
This landing on Normandy Beach on June 6, 1944, was the beginning of the
Allied march across France.
