Question

What were the main factors that led to the Allied victory in the Normandy landings of 1944?

Answer 1

Red Army.. They keeped the strongest force of Germany on the Eastern Front

Answer 2

Hilter refusing to listen to Rommell and instead keeping the reserves off the beaches and back to 'respond' to the invasion was a major contributor.... But, most importantly, was that the Allies had convinced the Furher that the invasion was NOT at Normandy, and it was merely a diversion! Hitler never ordered the reserves to the landing zones until the Allies had a solid beach-head.

Answer 3

Battle of Normandy. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Jump to: navigation, search. Normandy Campaign . Part of World War II . . Assault landing. One of the first waves at Omaha Beach. The U.S. Coast Guard caption identifies the unit as Company E, 16th Infantry, 1st Infantry Division. . Date June 6, 1944 – August 25, 1944 . Location Normandy, France . Result Allied victory . . Combatants . United States. United Kingdom. Canada. Free France. Poland Germany . Commanders . Dwight Eisenhower. (Supreme Allied Commander). Bernard Montgomery (land). Bertram Ramsay (sea). Trafford Leigh-Mallory (air) Gerd von Rundstedt (OB WEST). Erwin Rommel (absent) (Heeresgruppe B). Friedrich Dollmann (7.Armee) . Strength . 326,000 (by June 11) Unknown, probably some 1,000,000 in France by early June, but split up over the entire region . Casualties . United States: 29,000 dead, 106,000 wounded and missing;. United Kingdom: 11,000 dead, 54,000 wounded and missing;. Canada: 5,000 dead; 13,000 wounded and missing;. France: 12,200 civilian dead and missing 200,000 dead, wounded and missing; 200,000 captured . Battle of Normandy . Sword – Juno – Gold – Omaha – Utah – Pointe du Hoc – Brécourt Manor – Chicago – Villers-Bocage – Cherbourg – Epsom – Goodwood – Atlantic – Spring – Cobra – Bluecoat – Lüttich – Totalise – Tractable – Falaise – Brest – Paris . Western European Campaign . Normandy - Dragoon - Siegfried Line - Ardennes Offensive - Elbe . Western Front (World War II) . France - The Netherlands - Dunkirk - Britain - Dieppe - Villefranche-de-Rouergue - Normandy - Dragoon - Arnhem - Scheldt - Hurtgen Forest - Aachen - Bulge - Plunder - Varsity - Aintree . The Battle of Normandy was fought in 1944 between Nazi Germany in Western Europe and the invading Allied forces as part of the larger conflict of World War II. Over sixty years later, the Normandy invasion, codenamed Operation Overlord, still remains the largest seaborne invasion in history, involving almost three million troops crossing the English Channel from England to Normandy in then German-occupied France.. . The primary Allied formations that saw combat in Normandy came from the United States of America, United Kingdom and Canada. Substantial Free French and Polish forces also participated in the battle after the assault phase, and there were also contingents from Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Greece, the Netherlands, and Norway.[1]. . The Normandy invasion began with overnight parachute and glider landings, massive air attacks and naval bombardments, and an early morning amphibious assault on June 6, “D-Day”. The battle for Normandy continued for more than two months, with campaigns to establish, expand, and eventually break out of the Allied beachheads, and concluded with the liberation of Paris and the fall of the Falaise pocket in late August 1944.[2]. . The battle of Normandy was described thus by Adolf Hitler : “In the East, the vastness of space will… permit a loss of territory… without suffering a mortal blow to Germany’s chance for survival. Not so in the West! If the enemy here succeeds… consequences of staggering proportions will follow within a short time.”[3]

Answer 4

Bullets.

Answer 5

1,000 ships and overwhelming material superiority! and major incompetence on the other side (delayed defense)

Answer 6

bullets

Answer 7

Hitler's continued belief that Normandy was a feint, and the real attack would be around Calais, was based on the perfectly well-known historical fact that any seaborne invasion had to capture a port early, or fail through lack of supplies.. . Unfortunately for Hitler, the Allies had developed the prefabricated "Mulberry Harbours" which floated with the tide and kept sufficient supplies flowing through the invasion beachhead. Also these harbours were relieved of any fuel traffic by P.L.U.T.O. (Pipe Line Under The Ocean), which transferred fuel directly across the Channel.

Answer 8

Deception as to where the invasion would be and the superior air and sea power of the allies

Answer 9

Overwelming force at the point of attack, superior air power and Hitler's misjudgement in keeping panzer reserves near Pas de Calais....

Answer 10

intelligency, even after the landings had begun British spys had the germans believing the real attack would be against calais. the majority of german forces were located there not in normandy.. . it can be argued that the german use of a static defense was the key, because if the germans had gone more for a flexible or mobile defense success may not have been achieved by the allies