RED DEVILS
RETURN TO NORMANDY FOR
D-DAY 74
What happened in France in 1944 changed the course of history, when on June 6 the United States, along with allies from Great Britain and Canada, stormed five beaches along a 50-mile stretch of the heavily fortified shores of Normandy to rid the Nazis from France, and eventually all of Europe, accepting nothing short of absolute victory.
It was the beginning of the end of WWII in Europe, but to accomplish this, extensive planning was needed. Led by General Dwight Eisenhower, Allies conducted a large-scale deception campaign designed to mislead the Nazis into believing the Allies would invade Pas-de-Calais, the narrowest point between Britain and France, and even led the Nazis to believe that Norway and other locations were also potential targets. They used fake equipment, created a phantom army commanded by George Patton which was supposedly based in England across from Pas-de-Calais, they used double agents, and even produced fraudulent radio transmissions to deceive the Nazis ahead of D-Day.
Hitler knew the invasion was coming from across the English Channel, he just didn’t know where.
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