D-Day has been one of the most important days of war history. It started on June 6, 1944. Without it, it’s likely that World War 2 would have resulted in a German victory. However, this day creates a question that is very important. How did D-Day lead to victory for the allies? They chose a region that wasn’t very well defended. Thereafter, even when the axis heard of the invasion, they couldn’t put all their troops in the west because the Soviet Union was also closing in from the right of Europe. The allies were intending to capture Berlin. By the time the allies reached Germany, Russia had already captured Berlin. Thirteen days after the death of Hitler, the Germans surrendered. Those are how D-Day created a chance of victory for the countries.
The invasion of Normandy left the Germans in surprise and awe. It was an attack on the beaches of Normandy that let the Americans, British and Canadians have a foothold on France, and let it attack Germany later on in the war. Mainly due to some British spies pretending to work for Germany, Hitler was informed that Calais was the real location, and that Normandy was the fake one. The truth was the opposite. In order to fool the axis, the allies dropped a lot of Ruperts, which were decoys made to look like humans that were attached to parachutes and dropped from planes on Calais. Then, the allies dropped and shipped the real troops to Normandy, on June 6, 1944.
Hitler was asleep, so the Germans couldn’t do anything. They were ordered not to follow anybody but Hitler’s orders, so they were left to be worse than sitting ducks. When Hitler finally awoke at 9:00, he heard the news. However, even with Hitler ordering people to defend, Germany couldn’t put all its attention on the west. Russia was also marching from the right of Europe, and Germany suffered attacks from both sides. Since Hitler can only put twice as much on each side, their power would be halved. This came to the benefit of both the Russians and the other allies.
Power and speed are the main factors that are useful in war. The Germans had incredible quickness, known as blitzkrieg, but the allies had “a slow iron fist”. Power wins in the end. Germany had quickly captured countries due to speed, but power slowly earned the progress back, and it eventually defeated the opponents. It’s like a slow car and a cheetah racing. A cheetah would be winning the race in the short term, but in the long term, the car comes out victorious. It doesn’t get fatigued as easily as the cheetah does.
D-Day was a very important part of WWII. It had to be carefully planned, and one small mistake could blow everything. First, they needed to pick a location that wasn’t going to be too obvious to determine for the Germans. Then, they had to attack when they knew the Germans would already be struggling. Finally, they had to use a lot of experienced troops to slowly push the Germans back. So, to conclude, D-Day led to victory for the allies because it was well arranged, it surprised Germany and the allies had more troops and strength.
