Normady Invasion

Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children. This is not a way of life at all in any true sense. Under the clouds of war, it is humanity hanging on a cross of iron.

On June 6th, 1944, the Allies stormed five beaches of Normandy, France in one of the pivotal battles of World War II and the largest sea-borne invasion in world history. The five beaches invaded ( Sword, Juno, Gold, Omaha, and Utah Beach) were all heavily fortified by the Germans and were all extremely difficult to attack, causing the Allies many casualties. In total, the Allies gathered 2,700 ships and 186,000 soldiers for the assault on the beaches, as paratroopers dropped behind enemy lines to capture German bridges and railroad tracks. 

The Allies crossed the English Channel and arrived at

the dreaded Normandy Beaches at the break of dawn. The American, English, and Canadian troops stormed ashore on a sixty-mile front, taking the Germans by surprise. By the end of the day, the Allies had the beaches secured.If the Allies could have avoided invading Omaha Beach, they would have.

However, it had to be done. It was probably the most heavily defended and was the largest beach out of the five attacked, but it had to be seized because the gap between Utah and Omaha Beach would have been too wide to hold if Omaha wasn't captured. Unfortunately, in the invasion of Omaha Beach,

numerous flaws in planning almost certainly resulted in unnecessary loss of life (World Book W, 484-485). Although the invasion of Normandy was an incredible victory for the Allies, and was a turning point in World War II, the planning of the assault on Omaha Beach was seriously flawed. Allied generals ignored knowledge gained from previous amphibious invasions such as Gallipoli and the beach invasions in the Pacific during World War II,and therefore suffered an extremely high casualty rate. Many of these deaths could have been avoided if Allied military command had learned from history.

Omaha Beach was the perfect defensive situation for the Germans. It was a narrow enclosed battlefield leaving no possible way to flank it because the cliffs surrounding the beach were virtually perpendicular to the ground.It was an open killing field, there being no cover for the Allies until they reached the sea wall. The Germans had thoroughly prepared for the attack knowing that the Allies would probably eventually invade Europe (although they didn't know when). Every inch of the beach was covered by guns, mines and explosives. 

General Rommel (The German General in charge of defending the beaches of Normandy against the D-Day invasion), had positioned twelve strong points along the beach and throughout the seawall, each holding 88s cannons, 75s cannons, and mortars for the Allies to deal with. The Germans had also set up dozens of machine gun pillboxes, supported by a complicated trench system which wove through the steep and complicated sea wall passageways. There were also countless guns positioned at angles to have plunging fire, grazing fire, and crossing fire from all types of weapons, which made it even more difficult for the soldiers to make their way to the base of the sea wall, and then up the wall. General Rommel protected the larger weapons and strong points from Allied bombardment by building sturdy concrete walls around them. 

An example of common German soldiers duties during Omaha Beach can be seen in Franz Gockel's ( a German soldier in the 726th regiment) observation, "Dark shadows could be detected on the horizon, and we first believed them to be German patrol craft, but soon the shadows grew and became so numerous that all hope was dispelled. The detectable wake from large and small ships increased in number. More bombers approached the coastline, and at Port-en-Bessin, a few kilometers from us, the first bombs fell. More bombers approached and I stood behind my heavy machine gun with its sights trained on the sea. Once again I inspected the ammunition belt.

I attempted to concentrate on my weapon to take my mind away from the impending events. In the recesses of my gun position stood ignition switches for two flame-throwers which were aimed at the beach and the tank trench." The overwhelming strength with which Omaha Beach was defended meant that the Allies would need perfect execution in order to minimize loss of life (Ambrose, 320-321).

The Allies actually started to prepare for the invasion of Normandy as early as 1942, and carefully observed what factors they could use to their advantage and to the Nazis' disadvantage. The Allies knew that they would have to plan their attack strategies with the fewest possible flaws if they were to carry out an attack with minimal casualties. 

In planning the invasion of Omaha Beach, the Allies assumed strengths which in some cases were ultimately not strengths at all. One advantage the Allies assumed was air superiority. It was true that the Allies had a stronger Air Force with greater experience than the air force of the Germans. The Allies also knew they would have command of the sea. They would have many ships bombarding the beaches to destroy German bunkers and weapon emplacements to make it easier for the invading troops. Another obvious strength was surprise, although it was not complete suprise because the Germans were expecting the Allies to attack the Normandy Beaches at some point; they just didn't know exactly when.


A professional soldier understands that war means killing people, war means maiming people, war means families left without fathers and mothers.

A further advantage the Allies took for granted was good intelligence. They thought they had deceived the Nazis by making them think the attack would be elsewhere (along the northern-most coast of France, so the Nazis had concentrated their main forces along those beaches). In addition, the Allies believed they knew where the German defense stations and strongholds were located along Omaha Beach. A final strength the Allies assumed they had was superior leadership, command and control. 

They regarded their General Joe Collins as a general with more experience and knowledge in this type of war than General Rommel of the Germans. The Allies also calculated some of the German weaknesses prior to Omaha Beach, hoping to exploit them. One German weakness was what the Allies thought was a divided and confused control system, which meant there was disorientation in the command of the Nazis. They considered a second weakness to be over-reliance on fixed fortifications on the seawall. If these fortifications were overrun, then the Allies suspected the Germans would not have a back-up plan and would, therefore, be defeated. One more shortcoming the Allies saw in the Nazis' defense was lack of accurate intelligence and weather forecasting both of which were Allied strengths. 

A final weakness of the Germans was lack of air and naval forces capable of operating together or independently which were two key areas the Allies planned to use to their strength (Jones, 182-183).

The final hope for success was that the naval bombardment that was also planned would blow up anything that the B-17's missed, clearing the way for the soldiers (Ambrose, 322-323).The problem with these three Allied expectations was that all of them went wrong. Instead of only one low quality division defending the beaches, there were three powerful ones (Kilvert-Jones, 67); clouds caused the B-17's to arrive late and not even touch the beach fortifications with their bombs; and the rockets fired by the Navy all fell short and landed in the water (Ambrose, 323). 

An example of the utter confusion on Omaha Beach is seen in a first hand account by Ray Lance, an American soldier in the 116th regiment "My boat was the company headquarters boat and it was in with B Company--17 of us on that boat. When I got up there and dropped and I looked around in front and all around--I mean not a soul. Nobody in front. Where was everybody? Where was A Company? I didn't know until I got in above high water what happened to A Company. I turned around and saw the bodies in the water, they were bumping against one another, it was so thick. There was nobody in sight. I turned and looked, nobody in sight, nobody behind me" ( Normandy).

This is some illustration from battle in Omaha Beach

That last night at home, you think about how you could of been a better dad, a better husband, that bedtime story you should of read, or that anniversary you forgot. You don't expect your family to understand what you're doing. You just hope they understand you're doing it for them, and when you get home you hope you can pick-up right where you left off.

Operation Overlord

For the first day of the Invasion of Normandy

Battle plans for the Normandy Invasion, the most famous D-Day.

In the military, D-Day is the day on which a combat attack or operation is to be initiated. The best known D-Day is June 6, 1944 — the day of the Normandy landings — initiating the Western Allied effort to liberate mainland Europe from Nazi occupation during World War II. However, many other invasions and operations had a designated D-Day, both before and after that operation.

The terms D-Day and H-Hour are used for the day and hour on which a combat attack or operation is to be initiated. They designate the day and hour of the operation when the day and hour have not yet been determined, or where secrecy is essential. For a given operation, the same D-Day and H-Hour apply for all units participating in it. When used in combination with numbers, and plus or minus signs, these terms indicate the point of time preceding or following a specific action. Thus, H−3 means 3 hours before H-Hour, and D+3 means 3 days after D-Day. (By extension, H+75 minutes is used for H-Hour plus 1 hour and 15 minutes.) Planning papers for large-scale operations are made up in detail long before specific dates are set. Thus, orders are issued for the various steps to be carried out on the D-Day or H-Hour minus or plus a certain number of days, hours, or minutes. At the appropriate time, a subsequent order is issued that states the actual day and times.

Other days such as A-Day (Battle of Leyte), L-Day (Battle of Okinawa) etc. have different meanings for the military.Other languages have terms equivalent to D-Day such as "Hari H" (Indonesian),Час Ч (Russian), Dagen D[citation needed] (Swedish), Dan D (Slovenian), E eguna (Basque), Jour J (French), Lá L (Irish), Tag X (German), and Ziua-Z (Romanian). The initial D in D-Day has been given various meanings in the past, while more recently it has obtained the connotation of "Day" itself, thereby creating the phrase "Day-Day", or "Day of Days".

Bloody History

The earliest use of these terms by the U.S. Army that the United States Army Center of Military History has been able to find was during World War I. In Field Order Number 9, First Army, American Expeditionary Forces, dated 7 September 1918: "The First Army will attack at H hour on D day with the object of forcing the evacuation of the St. Mihiel Salient."

D-Day for the invasion of Normandy by the Allies was originally set for June 5, 1944

Bad weather and heavy seas caused Gen. Dwight D Eisenhower to delay until June 6 and that date has been popularly referred to ever since by the short title "D-Day". Because of the connotation with the invasion of Normandy, planners of later military operations sometimes avoided the term to prevent confusion. For example, Douglas MacArthur's invasion of Leyte began on "A-Day", and the invasion of Okinawa began on "L-Day". The Allies' proposed invasions of Japan would have begun on "X-Day" (on Kyūshū, scheduled for November 1945) and "Y-Day" (on Honshū, scheduled for March 1946).

This is a war documentary from omaha beach.

When soldiers killed in action, his son will continue his struggle. You have warrior's blood in your veins. The code that made your father who he was is the same code that'll make you a man he would admire, respect. Put your pain in a box. Lock it down. Like those people in the paintings your father liked, we are men make up of boxes, chambers of loss and triumph. Of hurt and hope and love. No one is stronger or more dangerous than a man who can harness his emotions. His past. Use it as fuel, as ammunition. As ink to write the most important letter of your life.

How To Achieve Your Dreams

Life is a beautiful struggle. Many people in this world already reach their own dream. They spent every single second to realize that. After all they can stand in the top of the world as a great survival and success people who already achieve their dreams. Here's some tips to make us easier to reach our goals in this life.

1.Didn't make excuses
Actual difference lies in the attitude. If you want to achieve it, you'll keep it at first priority. No excuse, just struggle no matter what, never give up! Or you're gonna die trying. You'll never know until you try it.

2. It wasn't for self interest
People who have been truly succesfull in their life have created change in lives of others, not just their own. These people have led the masses and achieved their goals!

3. Worked at odd hours
When you are dedicated to do something. you don't see the clock, you don't see the night, the season, the sunrise and also the white moon. People who have been truly sucessful have given numerous early mornings and late nights to their goals

4. Highly motivated
If you go through the story, you'll find that all the achievers have been full of spirit at all the times and uncountable energy. What helped them to get closer to their goals was their high level or never ending spirit.

5. Driven by principles
Succesfull achievers have been driven by their principles and have been known for them. Your principle guide you through times and help you reach your goals with a beautiful progress

6. Unbreakable faith
Sucessful achievers have been unshakeable in their approach towards their goals. Numerous times during the course of their life they faced doubts, negativity, failure, mistake and much more. But their unbreakble faith and constant hard work helped them achieve their works

7. Persistent Determination
If your determination is weak, you'll give a half-hearted approach to your goals. But if you strong enough to face all challange, you'll reach your target anyhow. This is here where sucessful people are different!!! They've all had strong and persistent determination

8.Think out side the box
Sucessful people are brave enough to take a risky decision to achieve their dreams. Over all it depends on the how sucessful people can manage the situation. Sucessful people have a lot experience because they try something that they never done before!

10. Try not to think about fear
Want something? Work for it! Too much theory will kill your self confidence. Do action and prove that you are be able to do what you gonna be! The ones who have dared achieved it. The ones who didn't could never have been there!

Never lose hope. You must believe in your self that you will realize your dream no matter what it takes. Face reality, don't dodge it. Now or never you must have a precious life.

7 Shortcut You Will Regret Taking In Life

There is no shortcut to anywhere worth going.  There is no substitute for doing the work.  Meditate on this every day: “I will do the work.”  As Einstein once said, “Genius is 1% talent and 99% effort.”  You must run to be a runner.  You must write to be a writer.  You must actively attend to your relationships if you want them to flourish.

By all means, find ways to be more efficient.  But make no mistake that it takes diligent effort to build something worthwhile.  There are certainly some success stories out there about people who excelled rather quickly, but you will usually find they had put in years of related work long before anyone was paying attention to their seemingly rapid success.  In other words, their current state of achievement is simply all those years of work coming together flawlessly in the present.
The most effective way to handle what must be done is to do it.  Put in the required labor.  Don’t sell yourself short by taking shortcuts like these check it out!


1.  Taking the easiest route possible.
Someday you will look back on your life and realize that everything worthwhile you’ve ever accomplished initially challenged you.  And that is as it should be, because big challenges often prepare ordinary people for extraordinary success.
Every struggle arises for a reason – for experience or a lesson.  A great journey is never easy, and no dose of adversity along the way is ever a waste of time if you learn and grow from it.
Remember, an arrow can only be shot by pulling it backwards, and such is life.  When life is pulling you back with difficulties, it means it’s going to eventually launch you forward in a positive direction.  So keep focusing, and keep aiming!

2.  Settling for the way things are by default.
The decision to settle for mediocrity is a real killer.  If you settle for just anything, you’ll never know what you’re truly worthy of.  There is ample time for you to be who you want to be.  Despite the struggles that you might be facing, never give up on yourself.  Don’t just take the easy way out and settle for less than what you know you are capable of.
Realize that it’s not always about trying to fix something that’s broken either.  Sometimes it’s about starting over and creating something new.  Sometimes you need to distance yourself to see things clearly.  Sometimes growing stronger means growing apart from old habits, relationships, and situations, and finding something different that truly moves you – something that gets you so excited you can’t wait to get out of bed in the morning.  That’s what LIVING is all about.  Don’t settle.


3.  Leaving everything to chance.
It’s not what you do every once in a while, but what you dedicate yourself to on a daily basis that makes a difference in the end.  Having a plan, even a flawed one at first, is better than no plan at all.
Don’t trap yourself, endlessly, in a state where you are unable to ask for directions, even though you’re terribly lost, simply because you don’t know your destination.  Figure out what you want.  When you get real about the true feelings you crave, you end up surprising yourself with an abundance of new opportunities and possibilities.
Bottom line:  One day your life will flash before your eyes.  Do your best every day to make sure it’s worth watching.  Work towards something that brings meaning to your moments.

4.  Following the crowd.
Allen Ginsberg once said, “Follow your inner moonlight; don’t hide the madness.”  In other words, in this crazy world that’s trying to make you like everyone else, find the courage to be your incredible self.
Never let what other people expect from you dictate what you expect from yourself.  Clarity about your true desires is so liberating because you get to stop proving yourself to everyone, including yourself.
We have all been placed on this earth to discover our own way, and we will never be happy if we live someone else’s idea of life.  So stop being ashamed of how you feel.  You have the right to feel any emotion that comes to you, and to follow a path that makes you happy.  Don’t compare yourself to others, or get discouraged by the success of others.  Follow your intuition, never give up on yourself, and stop expecting others to understand your journey, especially if they have not walked your same path.  (Read The Road Less Traveled .)

5.  Putting things off.
Be frank with yourself.  The things you say you will deal with later rarely get done.  It’s time to get up and make an immediate difference in your life.  You know all those things you’ve been meaning to get done for the past month, year, etc.?  Pick one right now and start doing it.  Get your hands dirty, challenge your mind, and get sweaty if you have to.  Break out of your comforting lull and get involved.  If you feel crummy, it’ll make you feel better.  If you already feel good, it will make you feel great.
Ultimately, you will not be judged by what you say; you will be judged by what you do.  Wake up each morning determined, so you can go to bed satisfied.  Have the courage and discipline today to do what is needed instead of simply what is convenient.  Or as Pablo Picasso once said, “Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone.”


6.  Ignoring people instead of forgiving them.
Forgetting people who hurt you is your gift to them; forgiving people who hurt you is your gift to yourself.  Always forgive others, not because they necessarily deserve forgiveness, but because you deserve peace of mind.  We are all one, so when we forgive others we forgive ourselves, which is the first step in the healing process.  Without forgiveness, the potential for true happiness in your life is limited.
In addition, we often tell ourselves that we’re better off without some people in our lives, and while this can be true, you should also build forgiveness into your character.  Keep in mind that some relationships will temporarily split, only to come back together twice as strong as before.  Forgiveness alone makes this possible.

7.  Cutting too many corners with your important relationships.
It hurts to love someone and not be loved in return, but what hurts even more is to love someone and never find the time to let them know how you feel.  There is no greater sadness than holding on to the loving words and deeds you never delivered to those you love.
The people you take for granted today may turn out to be the only ones you need tomorrow.  So make plenty of time for those who truly matter.  The best gift you can give them is the purity of your full attention.  Just be present with them and pay attention to the little things, because when you really miss someone, you miss the little things the most, like just laughing together.

The journey begins when we are born.  The destination is death.  So the journey is far superior to the destination.  Don’t sell yourself short!  Make your journey worthwhile every single day, because the distance we each get to travel is a mystery.
Getting where you want to go in life is not about finding a shortcut, it’s about putting in the required time and effort.  You have to set goals and fulfill your commitments, even when no one would notice but you, and know in your heart why doing so matters.