Operation Overlord
The weather in the Channel deteriorates & the Allied invasion force is recalled
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June
Operation Overlord
Postpones Operation Overlord, due 5th June, because of bad weather
Bombing of Bangkok
Railway yards are bombed in Bangkok
D-Day Failure Message
Writes a brief statement accepting personal responsibility in case the Normandy landings fail.
Operation Overlord
3 Airbourne Divisions land behind enemy lines at St Mere-Eglise & Caen
Operation Overlord
176,000 men & 20,000 vehicles are to be landed in 2 days
Operation Overlord
Gives the go ahead for Operation Overlord for 6th June
Capture of St Marcouf
Captures the Islands of St Marcouf off Utah beach
D-Day Order of the Day
Issues his Order of the Day to Allied soldiers, sailors and airmen as the Normandy invasion begins.
Operation Overlord
Lands the 2nd British Army from the river Orme to St-Vaast-La-Hogue
Operation Overlord
The US Army succesfully captrures Omah & Utah beaches
Operation Overlord
Commands the US 7th Army Corps on Utah beach
Operation Overlord
The Allies land 130,000 men & 22,000 parachutists & lose 9,500 killed or wounded. The Allied landings take place with 487,653 men & 89,728 making it ashore. Plans & commands the Allied capture of Germany from D-Day
Operation Overlord
Commands the US 5th Army Corps on Omaha beach
Operation Overlord
Commands the ships of the Western Task force which lands forces on Utah & Omaha
Operation Overlord
Commands a landing of paratroopers to capture a bridgehead on the Merderet
Operation Overlord
Lands on Omaha Beach, grandson of the late President
Operation Overlord
Son of the late President, the only General to land with the 1st wave. Leads the 1st assault, Eighth Regimental Combat Team of the 4th Infantry Division
Operation Overlord
Commands a landing of paratroopers to capture a bridgehead on the Merderet
Operation Cobra
Omar Bradleys intention was to take advantage of the German preoccupation with British and Canadian activity around the town of Caen, and punch through the German defenses penning in his troops while his opponent was distracted and unbalanced
Operation Overlord
Commands paratroopers who land on the eastern side of the Cotentin Peninsular only
Operation Overlord
The US 5th Corps capture Isigny on the way to uniting the Utah & Omaha
Operation Overlord
Leads the 9th Div ashore at Utah Beach
Capture of Carentan
Carentan is captured, uniting all the American forces
Siege of Cherbourg
Leads the 9th Div towards Cherbourg
Bombing of Yawata
The 1st B-29 raid on the Japanese mainland
Capture of Barneville
The Cotentin Peninsular is sealed isolating 4 German Divisions & the port of Cherbourg. The Americans capture Barneville
Capture of St Lo
An attack of St Lo is launched but is slowed down by the Normandy countryside, bocage
S-50 Construction Contract
Groves orders rapid construction of the S-50 thermal-diffusion plant at Oak Ridge on an exceptionally compressed schedule.
Siege of Cherbourg
Launches an attack on Cherbourg
Capture of Cherbourg
The US forces arrive at the hills overlooking Cherbourg
GI Bill
The GI Bill provides education, housing and unemployment benefits to returning veterans.
Capture of Cherbourg
The US Army captures the Fort du Roule, the key to the defences of Cherbourg
Capture of Cherbourg
Cherbourg falls to the Allies
Allied Transit Base
Bayeux became a strategic transit and support centre for Eisenhower's Allied armies.
D-Day Support Organization
While serving with General Thrasher, Shaw helped support organizational and supply work connected with the D-Day invasion.
Operation Overlord
Instructions to construct bogus airfields to be bombed by the Allies are decrypted
Operation Overlord
During Operation Overlord, subordinate to Bradley as Deputy Commander of the First Army
July
Bretton Woods Conference
Morgenthau chairs negotiations creating the IMF and International Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
Capture of La-Haye
Captures La-Haye-du-Puits
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