Analysis Of The Poem ' The Bedford Boys '

The american and allied troops got to normandy beach at 2 o’clock in the morning. At 3 o’clock in the morning the fighting started. The allies had aerial bombardment as backup. It was so bad that their was 209 thousand allies and 216 thousand germans that died on D-Day when the invasion was over.

Among these leaders was Bravo Company’s 1st platoon’s SFC Robert Gallagher. The platoon endured terrible living conditions including no running water and filthy living space. These inadequate living conditions must be met with some relaxation on the standards they were expected to follow. Company leadership viewed this as a bribe to keep the soldiers in high spirits. In reality, they set the stage for the erosion of the morals the enlisted soldiers are supposed to possess. While the morals were being chipped away, so was the original plan the battalion had hoped to follow. Fragmentation orders became a pseudo-standard for the boys of Bravo Company. What had originally started as short-term overnight patrol bases turned into fortified traffic control points with the exception of any form of fortification other than in notion only. Despite the fact that platoon-level leadership requested for supplies they were repeatedly turned down. A major breakdown in the communication between the leadership created a loss in faith in the higher leadership for the lower-enlisted soldiers on the ground. Very soon into deployment, Bravo Company began to experience contact with unseen enemy forces. The enemy was able to engage and plant IED’s and cause casualties while remaining elusive. After the first few casualties within the company, the mission to start set up traffic control points was to begin. While conducting patrols down the road time and time

D-day or operation overload started during world war II on June 6, 1944. D-day is the day that North America stormed the beaches of Europe to take back the land from the Germans. D-day, we landed on the beaches of Normandy to recapture Europe one step at a time.

D-Day-June 6, 1944 - Led by Eisenhower, over a million troops (the largest invasion force in history) stormed the beaches at Normandy and began the process of re-taking France. The turning point of World War II.

The invasion of Normandy, also known as Operation Overlord or D-Day, was perhaps one of the most important battles in the human history. The invasion took place on June 4, 1944, at the Coast of Normandy in France. Troops from over twelve countries, including Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America participated in the fight against Germany. Although the battles were enduring and hard-fought, the Allies achieved the final victory; the Allies were finally able to set their feet on the European soil again. The Allied invasion of Normandy was a major turning point of the war that led to the ultimate liberation of Europe from the Nazi forces.

The conditions they took over from where atrocious, the unit closed many of the roads to military units because they had taken to many IEDs on them, they had rats in their living quarters, garbage all over the place, and they couldn’t wait to get out, they had a rough time in the triangle and it left a bad first impression on the men of the 1-502nd that they were in for a rough deployment. Going into the deployment Goodwin was still one of Kunk’s favored commanders and was assigned to one of the tougher sectors. Kunk thought that Goodwin would be able to wrest control of the “wild west”. The Bravo Company AO had three main tasks, to secure the Jurf Al-sukr Bridge, man 6 traffic control points, and patrol and maintain quick reaction force should anything go wrong at any of those points. Bravo Company had 3 rifle platoons to get all of these tasks done, each platoon would take control of one of these tasks and rotate between them. First platoon was led by Lt. Britt who was liked by his men and had good control over them. He had strong squad leaders that ran their squads well. 1st squad would be the most trouble, it was led by Staff Sergeant Nelson. 1st platoon was tasked with manning the traffic control points when the first blow to their leadership would happen. There was one soldier who had to accidental shootings within a week of each other but both where cleared as

biggest fear was how to bring in enough landing crafts to open the attack to the Allies 8

“D-Day an event that happened June 6, 1944, Allied troops raged German guards on the shorelines of Normandy (France) to open the best

First Lt Audie L. Murphy of Company B, 15th Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division was in for the fight of his life on a cold and frigid January day in 1945. The role in this offensive for the Division was to advance near Bois de Riedwihr. This was a large stretch of forest between the villages of Riedwihr and Holtzwihr. Outnumbered by a couple hundred Germans and tanks, Lt Murphy put his life ahead of the wellbeing of his men to fend off the offensive attack by the German forces. This battle depicts exactly what it means in regards to Selfless Service and Personal Courage.

Although he helped American troops in North Africa, Eisenhower’s biggest feat was the invasion of Nazi-occupied Western Europe, better known as D-Day. As the Supreme Commander of Allied Expeditionary Forces in World War II at the time, Eisenhower gave permission for a massive invasion called Operation Overlord. He only had a window of four days to launch the attack, but jumped at the opportunity (Koves). The 40 mile stretch of the beaches of Normandy, France was divided into five sections: Juno, Sword, Omaha, Gold, and Utah (Operation Overlord Animated Map). Late at night on June 6th, 1944, aerial troops secured both the eastern and western parts of the beach. In the morning, seaborne soldiers began to attack the coast (Operation Overlord Animated Map). By June 27th, the Germans had wrecked their ports, assuming this would slow down the Allies. Their attempt failed, and finally, on August 25th, the French army successfully liberated Paris (BBC News).

In order to hopefully bring about the end of World War II, the Allied forces planned one of the most challenging attacks in history called D-Day. In military terms, the “D” in D-Day stands for the beginning of a significant operation on a selected day. The selected day, in this case, was Tuesday, June 6th, 1944. This battle was the largest amphibious day in world history. On this day, the Allied forces, England, the United States of America, the Soviet Union, France, Australia, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, China, Denmark, Greece, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, South Africa, and Yugoslavia, invaded Western Europe at five separate beachheads in Normandy, France, resulting in taking them from the German’s control. D-Day is one of the most significant days in history for many different reasons, one of which including how it

First troops landed behind Nazi defenses and took control of important roads so that when the Nazis rushed to the shores they would be blocked. Meanwhile Allied forces landed on the beaches of Normandy. This mission was dubbed “Operation

The allied troops were a great advantage to the United States. D-Day was full of many historical events and casualties. The United States troops invaded Normandy on June 6, 1944 which is now known as D-Day or Deliverance day. General Dwight Eisenhower gave the order for D-Day to begin on June 5, 1944. Bad weather forced the battle to be postponed, therefore the battle of D-Day was fought on June 6.

There are few companies in the 101st Airborne that achieved the status the men of Easy Company would gain during their career in World War II. From the making of formation of the company at Camp Toccoa, in Georgia, the men of Easy Company were destined to impact the course of the war. They became legends in American military history with their acts of bravery and heroics they showed in the face of the German army. From Normandy to Hitler’s Eagle’s Nest, their fame grew with each great mission they accomplished. The generations that would follow respected the uniform they wore, and the company’s comradeship grew deeper than a normal soldier’s companionship would in a war with his fellow- man. Throughout the book, Stephen Ambrose, pointed

The Normandy Invasion may have been the single most important battle on the Western Front of World War II. Much planning went into the siege of these beaches that ensured a tough, but inevitable victory, as well as other factors, such as the exploitation of the Germans’ ignorance of the attack.