Joe Mattingly
E. Ambrose, Stephen. D-Day June 6 1944: The Cilmatic Battle of World War II. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1994.
-“A process of elimination brought the choice down to the Calvados coast of Normandy. The port of Caen, although small, could be captured quickly.” P.73
-“There was an airfield just outside of Caen, called Carpiquet, that could be captured by airborne assault on the first day.” p.73
-“The greatest advantages of the Calvados were that surprise could be achieved there and that the germans might be fooled into believing the landing was a feint, designed to draw their armor away from the Pas-de-Calais to the west of the Seine.” p.77
Astor, Gerald. June 6, 1944: The Voices of D-Day. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1994.
-American and British airborne operations were used to slow any German deployment of reserves against the soldiers storming onto the beaches.
“The other component of the airborne operations was the glider-borne soldiers- antitank crews, light artillerymen, riflemen, medics, engineers and their equipment.”
-The Germans were uncertain that this was an invasion because the bad weather masked the Allied fleets.
C. Carnes, Mark and John A. Garraty. American Nation: A History of the United States. New York: Longman, 2003.
-Eisenhower commanded the troops on D-Day.
-The Allied assault forces attacked 5 major points along the coast of Normandy
-Faced off against an ill-coordinated German defense
“Normandy Invasion.” 2006. Brittanica Encyclopedia. Brittanica. April 2006. <http://www.britannica.com/dday/article-236178>. 
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-D-Day occurred a day later than it was supposed to. S1/2
-“…an armada of 3000 landing craft, 2500 other ships, and 500 naval vessals…” s1/2
-“That night 822 aircraft, carrying parachutists or towing gliders, roared overhead to the Normandy landing zones.” S1/2
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F. Ziemke, Earl. “The Normandy Invasion.” 2005. Encarta Encyclopedia. MSN. April 2006. <http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761563737_11/World_War_II.html#p94>. 
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-“On June 6, 1944, D-Day, the day of invasion for Overlord, the U.S. First Army, under General Omar N. Bradley, and the British Second Army, under General Miles C. Dempsey, established beachheads in Normandy (Normandie), on the French channel coast.” s1/2
-“Enormous Allied air superiority over northern France made it difficult for Rommel, who was in command on the scene, to move his limited reserves.” S1/2
-Hitler convinced that the Normandy landings were a trick by the Allied forces. S1/2