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Was Normandy invasion larger than Okinawa Invasion?

In terms of number of ships , the Okinawa invasion fleet was larger. In terms of casualties the number was far greater at Okinawa. The US Navy deaths were higher than Marines or Army.


Why is the invasion of Normandy considered one of the greatest naval invasions in history?

The invasion of Normandy, starting with D-Day was the largest naval and air invasion ever. In four months they landed more troops, vehicles and cargo than at any other time in history.


The Allies wanted the Germans to believe the invasion was to take place at rather than at Normandy.?

Pas-de-Calais


Why was George s Patton give command of a fake army before d-day invasion?

The Allies set up a fake base so any Nazi spy would think that the invasion would happen in another place than Normandy. Patton really was working with command on the invasion at the base they were going to invade from. The fake base idea worked because the Germans didn't have Normandy beach as well armed as they could have had.


Why were the germans surprised on d-day?

The German Military, for the most part, did not expect the Allied invasion to land at the widest part of the English Channel, Normandy. They expected (again, for the most part, not entirely) the invasion was more likely to come at the Pas de Callais, the shortest point of the English Channel and therefore the shortest distance between France and England. This prompted German forces toreinforce the French beachhead at the Pas De Callais with much more men, supplies, defenses and defense positions than in Normandy. Only German General Rommel, placed in command of Normandy shortly before the D-Day invasion, suspected the Allied attack on the Normandy beachhead. There was not enough time, though, to reinforce Normandy to his liking.

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Was Normandy invasion larger than Okinawa Invasion?

In terms of number of ships , the Okinawa invasion fleet was larger. In terms of casualties the number was far greater at Okinawa. The US Navy deaths were higher than Marines or Army.


Can you compare D Day to Okinawa?

The Normandy D Day was far larger than the D Day for Okinawa. Over 5000 ships and hundreds of planes and hundreds of thousands of troops were involved in the Normandy Invasion. The invasion on Okinawa was peanuts compared to that.


Why is the invasion of Normandy considered one of the greatest naval invasions in history?

The invasion of Normandy, starting with D-Day was the largest naval and air invasion ever. In four months they landed more troops, vehicles and cargo than at any other time in history.


Why is the Battle of Normandy considered history's greatest naval invasion?

Because it employed more vessels than any other invasion, before or since.


The Allies wanted the Germans to believe the invasion was to take place at rather than at Normandy.?

Pas-de-Calais


Why did the allies choose Normandy as the site for d-day invasion and why was the landing at Omaha beach so much more difficult than expected?

The Allies chose Normandy as the Germans were not expecting landing there.


This was the largest invasion of the war that occurred on June 6th 1944?

The Normandy Invasion of the Allied Forces to arrive in Normandy, France. It was called Operation Overlord. It consisted of many nation's forces. There were over 6000 ships and boats. There were thousands of planes and millions of people who landed by sea or by air (parachuted or air glided) on the shores and coast line of Normandy. They were able to defeat the Germans in that area and in less than a year they defeated the Nazis completely.


Why was George s Patton give command of a fake army before d-day invasion?

The Allies set up a fake base so any Nazi spy would think that the invasion would happen in another place than Normandy. Patton really was working with command on the invasion at the base they were going to invade from. The fake base idea worked because the Germans didn't have Normandy beach as well armed as they could have had.


What was the significance of Okinawa?

It was one of the bloodiest Pacific battles of the war.


Why were the germans surprised on d-day?

The German Military, for the most part, did not expect the Allied invasion to land at the widest part of the English Channel, Normandy. They expected (again, for the most part, not entirely) the invasion was more likely to come at the Pas de Callais, the shortest point of the English Channel and therefore the shortest distance between France and England. This prompted German forces toreinforce the French beachhead at the Pas De Callais with much more men, supplies, defenses and defense positions than in Normandy. Only German General Rommel, placed in command of Normandy shortly before the D-Day invasion, suspected the Allied attack on the Normandy beachhead. There was not enough time, though, to reinforce Normandy to his liking.


The allies wanted the Germans to believe the invasion was to take place at where rather than Normandy?

The allies wanted the Germans to believe the invasion was to take place across the shortest channel crossing to Calais, France.


Code name for June 6 1944 the allied invasion of Normandy France?

The destruction of all the mains towns, and of many villages of Normandy, under allied bombs caused 50,000 civilian casualties among French civilians. More children died as a result of the bombs, than German troops because of the combats.