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...France. On the night of June 5, the operation began as Allied paratroopers boarded planes and gliders. "O.K., let's go" was Eisenhower's direct order. Just after midnight, June 6, they began landing behind enemy lines, with orders to attack and destroy German gun batteries. Meanwhile, an armada started making its way toward the designated beaches. Allied troops began landing at 6:30 a.m. Wading through the water onto French soil, they met vastly different fates. At Utah Beach, the farthest west, bombardments had decimated the German defenses. Moreover, an opportune navigational mistake had landed the troops...
...ARMADA LIKE A PLAGUE OF LOCUSTS. THE NUMBER OF SHIPS WAS UNCOUNTABLE." --Anton Herr The German officer, 24, commanded a dozen tanks in a company stationed near Falaise
...others. We'd been told to keep radio silence so the Allies couldn't pick us up. We were like an orchestra without a conductor, and there I was playing flute. I continued all the way up to the coast, and when I got there, I saw an armada like a plague of locusts. The number of ships was uncountable, and the Allies' superior firepower was obvious. But in war, what you lose first is reason. I wanted to attack. I wanted to vanquish them...
...Armada Allied bombers and fighters flew more than 14,000 mission on D-day, pounding German troop concentrations and strong points along the beaches...
...Armada Before the invasion, 200 ships bombarded the landing zones. Then more than 130,000 men streamed ashore along a 50-mile (80 km) front...