Ukufika kwe-Normandy kwakuyimisebenzi yokumisa kanye nokusebenza emoyeni okuhlobene ngoLwesibili, 6 Juni 1944 yokuhlasela kwe-Allied yaseNormandy ku-Operation Overlord phakathi neMpi Yezwe II. I-Codenamed Operation Neptune futhi evame ukubizwa ngokuthi i-D-Day, iwukuhlasela okukhulu kolwandle emlandweni. Lo msebenzi waqala ukukhululwa kweFrance, kanye nayo yonke iNtshonalanga Yurophu, futhi wabeka izisekelo zokunqoba kwama-Allied eWestern Front.
Ukuhlelela lo msebenzi kwaqala ngo-1943. Ezinyangeni ezandulela ukuhlasela, ama-Allies enza inkohliso enkulu yezempi, ebizwa ngokuthi i-Operation Bodyguard, ukudukisa amaJalimane mayelana nosuku nendawo lapho ama-Allied afika khona. Isimo sezulu ngo-D-Day sasingesihle, futhi umsebenzi kwadingeka ubambezeleke amahora angu-24; ukuhlehliswa okwengeziwe bekuyosho ukubambezeleka okungenani kwamasonto amabili, njengoba abahleli babenezimfuneko zesigaba senyanga, amagagasi, nesikhathi sosuku, okwakusho ukuthi izinsuku ezimbalwa kuphela inyanga ngayinye zazibhekwa njengezifanelekile. U-Adolf Hitler wabeka u-Field Marshal u-Erwin Rommel ukuba aqondise amabutho aseJalimane futhi athuthukise izinqaba eduze ne-Atlantic Wall elindele ukuhlasela. UMongameli wase-U.S. uFranklin D. Roosevelt wabeka uMajor General Dwight D. Eisenhower njengomkhuzi wamabutho Ahlangene.
Ukuhlala emanzini okuhlala emanzini kwandulelwa ukuqhuma kwamabhomu okukhulu kwezindiza nezasolwandle kanye nokuhlasela komoya—ukwehla kwamasosha angu-24 000 aseMelika, amaBrithani, nawaseCanada ngemva nje kwamabili. Amasosha ahlangene kanye nezigaba ezihlomile ziqale ukufika ogwini lwaseFrance ngo-06:30. Indawo okuhloswe ukuthi ihambe ngamamayela angu-50 (80 km) ogwini lwaseNormandy ihlukaniswe yaba imikhakha emihlanu: i-Utah, i-Omaha, iGold, iJuno, neSword. Umoya onamandla uphephule isikebhe sokuhlala empumalanga yezindawo ebezihlosiwe, ikakhulukazi e-Utah nase-Omaha. Amadoda awela ngaphansi komlilo onzima wezibhamu ezazibekwe phezu kwamabhishi, futhi ugu lwambiwa futhi lumbozwa izithiyo njengezigxobo zokhuni, ama-tripods ensimbi, nocingo oluhlabayo, okwenza umsebenzi wamaqembu ahlanza amabhishi ube nzima futhi ube yingozi. Izisulu bezinzima kakhulu e-Omaha, namawa ayo aphakeme. EGold, Juno, naseSword, amadolobha amaningana anezivikelo eziqinile asuswa empini yendlu ngendlu, futhi izindawo ezimbili ezinkulu ezazibekwe izibhamu eGold zakhutshazwa kusetshenziswa amathangi akhethekile.
Ama-Allies ahlulekile ukufeza noma yimiphi imigomo yawo ngosuku lokuqala. UCarentan, Saint-Lô, kanye ne-Bayeux bahlala ezandleni zamaJalimane, futhi i-Caen, inhloso enkulu, ayizange ibanjwe kuze kube umhla zingama-21 kuJulayi. Amabili kuphela amabhishi (iJuno neGolide) axhunywe ngosuku lokuqala, futhi zonke izindawo ezinhlanu zasebhishi azizange zixhumeke kwaze kwaba mhla ziyi-12 kuJuni; nokho-ke, ukusebenza kwathola isisekelo sokuthi ama-Allies akhula kancane kancane ezinyangeni ezizayo. Izisulu zaseJalimane nge-D-Day zilinganiselwa ku-4,000 kuya ku-9,000 amadoda. Izisulu ezihlangene zabhalwa okungenani kwabangu-10,000, kwathi abangu-4,414 414 bafa.
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Dis 7, 2023