ry complicates, due to the geography of the French coast, not only did the landing site have to have a way to get infantry on land, it also had to have a port at the site or preferably nearby. Then they had to consider the strength of the German fortification on and around that site, and the ability to get reinforcements there quickly for a German counter offensive. The Allied commanders also had the duty of figuring out how to best utilize their assets. They had a far superior Navy, they controlled the skies over France, and they had more resources. Next they would have to plan the attack, and due to the size of the invasion, this proved to be a very difficult task, plans changed right up to the day of the invasion. This also meant that they would have to arrange for the transport of the troops, and their equipment. The soldiers who were going ashore, trained for months for one day. The soldiers of the Allied Expeditionary Force (AEF) endured some of the most strenuous training of any army ever assembled. The practiced landings and disabling pill boxes, and other things that they would have to do on the French beaches. Live ammunition was used often and there were a few deaths because of it. In the end though, the training appeared to have been a major factor when all else was going wrong on D-Day. In the next three chapter the author tell how troops were concentrated to southern England, loaded onto the boats and the factors that made them decide to go on June 6th. Beginning in early May troops began to pour into the southern England in the thousands. They lived in sausages, which were similar to a giant livestock pen that you would have seen before you sent a cow off to slaughter. They remained in these until loading began on May 31st . The men of the AEF passed the time on the boats by gambling. The original plan was to go on June 5th or the first available day after that. They chose the 5th because of the tide. The plan was to come...
