Exploring Nonfiction Reader Response

          Recently, I began reading about D-Day and the preparation for it. The United States and Great Britain prepared heavily for the battle. They planned it a whole two years before it actually happened!  D-Day was a massive changing point in the war, as it would be the start of the end of World War Two. “By June 3, troops piled into waiting ships set to land at Normandy on the fifth. All systems were go. Then a terrible storm brought everything to a screeching halt.” This storm brought concern to General Eisenhower as he didn’t know whether or not to send the troops. After thinking about it, he decided to attack. That’s all I’ve read so far.

         Something I found interesting was from a passage in a chapter three. The passage was about fooling Hitler using tricks. “German spy planes flying overhead saw hundreds of tanks that seemed made of steel. But really, they were made of rubber, blown up like giant balloons! Sounds of clanking tanks blared from recordings. Even the tire tracks that led away from the tanks were faked.” I find this interesting because they created all these fake vehicles to fool Hitler. It shows the amount of work that had to be put in so nothing would go wrong in D-Day. It proved to work, as hundreds of lives were saved.

       Something I learned was that the United States went from having a small military personal, to a military factory in a couple weeks. The United States originally has around 345,000 military personnel, but grew to around 12 million! “In 1939, America made fewer than a thousand military planes a year. By the end of 1943, it produced eight thousand per month.” I find it interesting because it shows the dedication a country has to end this war. It’s crazy how so many people were ready to get enlisted and participate in the war!