“The eyes of the world are upon you. The hopes and prayers of liberty-loving people everywhere march with you,” encouraged Dwight Eisenhower, the supreme commander of Allied Expeditionary Forces. On June 6, 1944, the United States and allied forces invaded Normandy, France to initiate a surprise attack on the Nazis. After years of planning and three months at war, the allied forces returned home with the victory due to key strategic advances in science, technology, engineering and mathematics: nighttime gliders, LCVP boats, and Hobart’s tanks all led to the success of the highly complicated mission.
The concealed action plans of operation overlord are revealed in the movie D-Day’s Sunken Secrets. In particular, one of the keys to success was