Alternate+Outcome

=Alternate Outcome=

Below, you will find what could have happened if Eisenhower had decided to postpone the invasion.
Late on June 4th, 1944, Supreme Commander **Eisenhower** decided to postpone the invasion of Normandy to June 19th due to bad weather. Eisenhower considered all of the possibilites and thought that by postponing the invasion he was saving countless thousands of American lives. However, with hundreds of troops in position on the ENGLISH CHANNEL, it would took great effort from the American and British Navies to bring the troops back to mainland England. Early on the morning of June 19th, the invasion of France began with the dropping of 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION PARATROOPERS behind enemy lines in NORMANDY. Also, many other divisions of paratroopers were dropped with the mission to secure bridges and to distract German divisions from the incoming invasion. However, on this morning, there was heavy fog, which caused many of the Allied pilots to get confused. They accidentally dropped the paratroopers in southern Belgium, several hundred miles away from the designated drop zones.

With the paratroopers out of the battle, the road to success became much rockier. In addition to all of this the German high command had been informed by several spies of the general date and location of the invasion. At 06:30 hours the first troops were landing at UTAH BEACH, but to their surprise found heavy German resistance. The German troops were well-trained and equipped to handle what the Americans could throw at them.

Off to the East lay the OMAHA BEACH, where the Germans were even stronger due to large cliffs guarding the entrance into France. The seas on this morning were fairly calm and the Allies were able to catch a break, landing almost every one of their amphibious tanks. This did not make a difference in the long run because of newly installed anti-tank weaponry on the Omaha Beach.

One reason for such fierce German resistance was that **Hitler** had forbidden his troops to retreat and told his men that holding those beaches would definitely win the war. In the long run, the Allies were only able to take Sword, Juno, and Gold beaches, but were only able to hold them for a week before Hitler sent reinforcements. The D-Day invasion was one of the biggest failures of the war. There were well over 20,000 Allied casualties. These figures really took a toll on General Eisenhower and he was never able to fully recover mentally. For the rest of the war he was not as effective and he never ran for president.

As a result of this failure, the Allies never tried to enter "Hitler's Europe" again on this large of a scale. **President Roosevelt** gave up hope in the European theatre. Roosevelt then focused his attention on the Pacific, where the fighting become much closer to home. With the Americans virtually out of the war, Hitler realized that it would be next to impossible for the Allies to succeed with A TWO FRONT WAR. Hitler then defeated the Russians easily and Stalin finally surrendered in 1945. With the war basically over, Hitler called a conference in Berlin to discuss the conditions of surrender. Hitler called for all of mainland Europe to be placed under his control. Faced with no other choice, the Allies had to agree.

This laid the foundation for yet another major conflict to take center stage that changed the face of the world forever.

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