I have a report to do in my high school...The report must contain the answers to the following questions.
1. How did the beaches of Normandy appeal to a soldiers eyes during the arrival from the sea?
2. How much of a aspect was weather during the day of arrival?
3. If possible, intialize and talk to a veteran who has served the American forces during D-Day. Give a detailed description of what the battle was like. For example, sounds, what they saw, strategic plans, and harshness of the battle.

I appreciate any help given, thank you

..are you old enough to watch 'Saving Private Ryan' - suggest you rent the DVD..

Man I wish I got a report on this while in school, I would have been A++++++.

Try the movie the longest day as well.

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The first two questions dont make much sense.

1 - How did the beaches appeal? What? Well they looked nice but the bloody Germans had nicked all the best spots.

2 - Aspect of weather? It was overcast and grey.

I think your teacher needs a dictionary for Christmas...

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The BBC has a good web page on the effects of weather forecasting on the outcome of D-Day. You an find it here:

BBC - Weather Centre - Features - History, Literature and Religion - D-Day

Another weather service site provides the following:

D-Day: The Most Important Forecast in History:MetService.com - Weather

This website has a copy of a memo that Ike wrote about the weather on June 6 (remember: High School teachers love it when students quote primary source materials):

D-Day - Invasion of Normandy - Operation Overlord Documents and Photos

You might also contact the D-Day Museum in New Orleans (The National World War II Museum- A Must-See Tourist Attraction When Visiting New Orleans) for more ideas.

You can also check with local nursing homes to find out if they have any resident veterans of the War who might want to talk to you. I am sure that you will find plenty of information there and you will be doing a good deed, too!

Good Luck!

I would suggest doing a search on this site for most of the info, it may take you a while, but could return great results! If not here, how about here:

Memoir (Page Turner): Charles Luther Blount: Experiencing War: Veterans History Project (Library of Congress

I searched "veterans d-day diary" on yahoo, click here for the rest of the results!

veterans d-day diary - Yahoo! Search Results

and good luck!!

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Scott

Read this thread, or at least the first few pages.

Sword Beach to Bremen., A Veterans tale. Sapper

It is the remembrances of Mr. Brian Guy, our own Sapper, who landed on Sword Beach with the British Army. You can learn much.

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JW