Outside Reading

Eisenhower was preparing for D-Day. He was secluded from his wife for another period of time. Every now and then during the planning of D-Day, events would come up that would hinder the process. An example of this is that during May 29,1944, he received a message that "indicated the Germans were reinforcing the area where the American paratroopers were going to drop" (Ambrose 302). I don't know how they fixed this, but it would be pretty hard to re-coordinate such an operation like this. However, Eisenhower decided to continue with the action. This surprised me as Eisenhower's past decisions took into account the risks that would be involved, along with a more rational approach, and now he wants to charge in like this. I guess that is what war does.

D-Day was soon coming into effect. However, weather conditions delayed the siege, like high winds and bad tides (Ambrose 306). This led to further postponement later on. Couldn't they have planned better for this kind of situation? Anyway, the operation took place on June 6. The Allies had seized control of the beaches, and broke Hitler's Atlantic wall with minimal costs and lives lost (Ambrose 310). I am personally surprised at the success of this operation, due to the size of it and how bad of a position the Allies were in.