10 Interesting Facts about D Day

It will be great for us to talk about the D Day facts to remember one of the most important historical events. Those who took part in this important event must be honored. I think some of your do not know much about the D Day facts even though you have already known about its history. In this post I will show you 10 most interesting D Day facts. Here they are.

1.Initial invasion

The first point of D Day facts talk about the initial invasion. The estimated gasoline needed to accommodate the war came in the rate of 50,000 tons for each day. Such rate is needed to serve the first twenty days of the first invasion wave.

 

2.vessels

The second point of the D Day facts informed us about the number of the vessels used in this event. More than 50,000 vessels were needed at that time. They were utilized to take 30,000 vehicles and 150,000 men for crossing the English Channel.

 

3.Meaning of D letter

The meaning of The D letter in D Day was interesting in some ways. The US army referred this letter to tell them the date of the starting operation. The H-Hour was used to tell the time of the operation.

 

4.planes

This invasion was big and large. More than 800 planes were used to transport 13,000 men as well as 6 parachute regiments. All of them were used to accommodate the things needed in the war.

 

5.Operation Overlord

In a war, there are many codes names used for a particular meaning. In this battle, the famous code name was Operation overlord. The military used it to describe the movement of the ships, planes, supplies, and equipment through the English Channel.

 

6.Bomb

In the traditional war, you will only see conventional weapons like knife or dagger. In modern war like in D Day, there is no need to wonder when 300 planes had the job to drop the bombs on the Normandy Coast before the war started.

 

7.FDR

The invasion also gained public attention. FRD was the one which delivered a prayer related to this battle via the radio. If you want to see the picture related to this invasion, I suggest you to look at it on the YouTube.

 

8.Delayed invasion

The invasion was planned on 5th June 1944. However, such action never realized due to the fact of the terrible weather. In 6th June 1944, more than 7,500 missions were transported across the English Channel.

 

9.Soap

The next point of D Day is a bit witty for me. The war planner in this invasion drops 3,489 tons of soap. This thing would be valuable for the military for the next four months on the battle in this place.

 

10.Captivated Germans

The number of the captivated of Germans was 30,000 people. All of them are captured from D Day until Christmas time in 1944. All of them were taken to the prisoners of war camps. Most camps were situated in US, while the facilities of detention were located in Texas.

 

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