I didn't know that overlord was the largest invasion ever. It does fit though, the largest war ever with the largest invasion ever in attempts to turn the tide in europe. They coordinated it with what was happening in italy. I thought it was interesting that they set up and took all the time and effort into tricking the Germans. How did Eisenhower feel about being in charge of such an operation? It was a brilliant manuever though.
Anzio and Cassino seemed to be a little similar. They both contained lots of troops and also had a lot of the same problems for both sides. I think the bombing of the Abbey was just an unafortunate side effect of war. Things happen like that in every war, especially when they weren't very accuatate back then. I thought they were really interesting presentations though.
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Operation Overlord is a great example of how the Allies played deception into their hands. It would seem during the course of the war, that the Allies were much more willing to accept failure and loss, learn from these mistakes, and implement changes to the regimen. The Axis aka Nazis were against change to their planning maneuvers and code deception. This parallels both of these governments, one being open democracy and the other a strict fascist regime.
Eisenhower really showed what he was capable of as a leader in Operation Overlord. His planning was through and detailed which included the Germans lack of planning for adaption. This was really excellent work.
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