"The Longest Day" D-Day: 6 June 1944
- Operation Overload
- Allies open a second front in France against the Germans
- Land on five beaches named Utah and Omaha (American) Juno (Canadian) Sword and Gold (British and Polish)
- Rommel felt that whoever won the beaches that day would win the war
"We want to get the hell over there. The quicker we clean up this Goddamned mess, the quicker we can take a little jaunt against the purple pissing Japs and clean out their nest, too. Before the Goddamned Marines get all of the credit"
- General George S. Patton Jr.
- General George S. Patton Jr.
FUN FACT: The beaches of normandy are still called by their invasion names on maps and signposts.
Subjunctive Question
If the Allies didn't win the beaches would it have changed the outcome of the war?
Summary
D-Day is remembered as the longest day and is known for the large amount of casualties. The Allies won the beaches even though they had to fight up the cliffs. It is thought that whoever won the beaches that day would win the war.