D-Day's 75th Anniversary: A Fort Fisher Precedent to Operation Overlord

Today marks the 75th anniversary of this major world event.

I will be writing about it in the next three posts in every one of my blogs.

The two battles of Fort Fisher were a precedent for D-Day as it involved the largest assemblage of warships ever in U.S. Navy history as well as soldiers (and sailors) landing on an enemy shore, though at Fort Fisher they did not land under enemy fire..

From the History site. "D-Day:  Facts on the epic 1944 invasion that changed the course of WW II" by Dave Roos.

3.  D-DAY WAS THE LARGEST AMPHIBIOUS  INVASION IN MILITARY HISTORY.

The invasion was called Operation Overlord and consisted of 156,115 U.S., English and Canadian troops, 6,939 ships and landing vessels and 2,395 aircraft and gliders that delivered airborne troops.