D-Day, June 6th, 1944 was the day of the allied invasion of Normandy, France, the invasion was given the name “Operation Overlord” which was code name for the Allied invasion of north- west Europe. The allied troops of America, Great Britain, and Canada stormed Omaha beach with the intent of capturing Omaha Beach and pushing back the axis powers towards Berlin. The troops fought and suffered over 10,000 casualties. The allies brought the land, sea, and air together, to invade Normandy on June 5th, 1944, but due to weather conditions, they postponed the invasion until the next day. The Allied forces landed on Omaha Beach June 6th, 1944 at 6:30. (“Memoirs of WWII”) (“Eisenhower Presidential Library”)

My NHD topic for the theme of Turning Points in History is D-Day. The topic ties to the NHD theme because it changed the course of WWII. D-day pushed back the Germans and silenced their guns on the beach and weakened the Germans defenses. The Allies kept going forward towards Berlin and left Berlin with the Soviets. The Nazis were eventually defeated and WWII was practically over. (“Memoirs of WWII”)

I chose D-Day for my NHD topic because I found an interest in WWII and this was my favorite battle. I found D-Day interesting because I can't think of any other beach invasions off the top of my head, and the topic of soldiers running up a beach with constant gunfire towards them, really surprised me and made me think how brave those people were. I wanted to learn how many people died on the beach, how many troops landed on the beach, and what  boats they landed in. I later learned there were over 150,000 allied troops on Omaha Beach, over 10,000 people died in total, and the allies were deployed in Higgins boats. (“National WWII Museum, New Orleans”) (“Memoirs of WWII”)

I conducted my research by having a bit of background knowledge and listening to D-Day veterans talk about their experiences on the beach. I got most of my information from the D-Day veterans and video developers. The interviews were helpful because they were first hand accounts of D-Day and I could understand them. The information was somewhat easy to find but I had to search far and wide for some information. (“Memoirs of WWII”)

I created my website by making the homepage first and making separate pages, attaching the pages to link blocks and typing the names of the Impact, Importance, and Influence. The image I picked for my home page is probably one of the most iconic D-Day photos out there. It is called “Into the Jaws of Death”. For each page that appears I have used a title box at the top with the name of the page on it, and I have attached a text box for the body of the page and typed the information.