D-Day

Examples of D-Day in the following topics:

• D-Day and After

  • The Allies developed four plans for the Resistance to execute on D-Day.
  • Nearly 160,000 troops crossed the English Channel on D-Day,with 875,000 men disembarking by the end of June.
  • Caen, a major objective, was still in German hands at the end of D-Day and would not be completely captured until July 21.
  • Civilian casualties on D-Day and D+1 are estimated at 3,000 people.
  • Army's First Division on the morning of June 6, 1944 (D-Day) at Omaha Beach.

• Slowing Momentum

  • In addition, the Axis forces were slowed by the bombings in Germany, the D-Day landings, and Operation Bagration.
  • In June 1944, American, British, and Canadian forces established the western front with the D-Day(June 6, 1944) landings in Normandy, France.
  • Assess how the Axis forces were slowed by the Battle of Stalingrad, setbacks in North Africa, the bombings in Germany, the D-Day landings, and Operation Bagration.

• Converging Military Fronts

  • On 6 June, 1944, known as D-Day, the Allies invaded northern France, leading to the defeat of the German Army units and the liberation of Paris on 25 August .

• The Allied Push

  • On June 6, 1944 (D-Day), the Western Allies invaded northern France.
  • A few days later, the Soviets launched a massive assault against German-occupied Hungary that lasted until the fall of Budapest in February 1945.
  • Normandy Invasion, June 1944, Troops in an LCVP landing craft approaching "Omaha" Beach on D-Day (June 6, 1944).
  • American troops approaching Omaha Beach, during the Invasion of Normandy on D-Day, June 6, 1944.
  • Discuss the war effort in the latter half of 1944, after D-Day.

• Roosevelt's Fourth Term

  • President Franklin D.
  • At 3:35 pm that day, Roosevelt died.
  • Truman, who turned 61 that day, dedicated Victory in Europe Day and its celebrations to Roosevelt's memory, and kept the flags across the U.S. at half-staff for the remainder of the 30-day mourning period.
  • In doing so, Truman said that his only wish was "that Franklin D.
  • Roosevelt had lived to witness this day."

• Kennedy's Assassination

  • The planned route was widely reported in Dallas newspapers several days before the event for the benefit of people who wished to view the motorcade.
  • He was charged with the murders of President Kennedy and Dallas police officer J.D.
  • Schools across the U.S. dismissed their students early.The state funeral took place in Washington, D.C. during the three days that followed the assassination.
  • The body of President Kennedy was brought back to Washington, D.C. and placed in the East Room of the White House for 24 hours.
  • Throughout the day and night, hundreds of thousands of people lined up to view the guarded casket.

• Stalemate in the Eastern Theater

  • Many of the Civil War's most important and bloodiest battles occurred in the eastern theater between Washington, D.C., and Richmond.
  • The battle began with Confederate Major General Stonewall Jackson’s troops capturing a supply depot at Manassas Junction, which threatened Pope’s line of communication with Washington, D.C.
  • Meade defeated Lee in a three-day battle fought by 160,000 soldiers with 51,000 casualties.
  • The bloodiest battle of the war at Gettysburg and the bloodiest single day of the war at Antietam were both fought in this theater.
  • The capitals of Washington, D.C., and Richmond were both attacked or besieged.

• The Development of Holidays

  • In 1870, Congress enacted the first four federal holidays: New Year's Day, Independence Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day.
  • Federal holidays are only established for certain federally chartered and regulated businesses (such as federal banks) and for Washington, D.C.
  • In 1888 and 1894, respectively, Decoration Day (now Memorial Day) and Labor Day were created.
  • In 1938, Armistice Day (now Veterans Day) was created to mark the end of World War I.
  • For example, New Year's Day and Christmas Day, celebrated in other countries around the world, brought Americans together under a common celebration.

• The "Surge" in Iraq

  • Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y.; Barack Obama, D-Ill.; Chris Dodd, D- Conn.; Joe Biden, D-Del; and Sam Brownback, R-Kansas, all voiced their discontent with the course of events in Iraq.
  • Polls showed that after the 2006 general election, "A substantial majority of Americans expect Democrats to reduce or end American military involvement in Iraq if they [won] control of Congress. " This view of the election as a referendum on the war was endorsed by Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi who in the final days of the campaign said, "This election is about Iraq. " Following the 2006 United States midterm elections where the Republicans lost control of the House and Senate, a Heritage Foundation conference was chaired by Republican whip Rep.
  • Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., Barack Obama, D-Ill., Chris Dodd, D- Conn., Joe Biden, D-Del, and Sam Brownback, R-Kansas, all voiced their discontent with the course of events in Iraq.

• Coxey's Army

  • The workers marched on Washington, D.C., in 1894, the second year of a four-year economic depression that was the worst in U.S. history up to that time.
  • The 260-acre Shreve farm site at current day Colmar Manor, Maryland, was used by the 6,000 jobless men as a camp site.
  • Coxey and other leaders of the movement were arrested the next day for walking on the grass of the U.S.
  • The climax of this movement was perhaps on April 21, 1894, when William Hogan and approximately 500 followers commandeered a Northern Pacific Railway train for their trek to Washington, D.C.