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What If - Real D-Day Landings in Normandy

By Buddsy17
  • 200

    Paratroopers Destroy Bridges

    Paratroopers destroy most of their target bridges, making Axis backup more difficult to reach it’s destination.
  • Period: 200 to

    D-Day Landings

  • Jun 6, 630

    American troops land on their beachheads

    American troops start landing on beaches of codenamed Utah and Omaha, 2,000 yards away from where they should be.
  • Jun 6, 700

    Omaha and Utah are captured

    2,400 Casualties later, Omaha is captured. Soon after Utah is captured as well.
  • Jun 6, 725

    British and Canadian troops land on their beachheads

    British and Canadian troops start landing on beaches codenamed (UK) Gold and (CDN) Juno
  • Jun 6, 750

    Gold is captured; British troops land on Sword

    British and Canadian troops take Gold with little opposition. British troops land on beachhead codenamed Sword. 10 minutes later Sword is captured.
  • Jun 6, 945

    Juno is captured

    Canadians finally hold Juno after many casualties against the well prepared Germans

  • 21st German Panzer division launches a counterattack

    A mobilized Panzer division west of Caen launches a counterattack on beachhead Sword

  • The German Panzer division is repelled

    The German Panzer division is repelled by a combined armour and air attack

  • Largest allied pocket in France is held

    Canadians at Juno and British at Gold connect, holding the largest allied pocket in France.