Higgins Destination Maps

     What if they're were a boat that traveled to over 10 places in the world war. That helped people transfer to many places to attack. Well, the higgind boat transferred troops to over 15 places in Normandy, France in the Normandy Invasion. The Higgins Landing Craft of WW2 did not only invade at one place. In fact, they had many destinations for the boat. The landing craft had landed at the beaches of Normandy, France. There were many beaches like Omaha Beach that the landing crafts invaded. The Omaha was probably the most famous invasion of them all. Look at the map below to see all of the destinations. Most people think that on D-Day, that the invasion was only in one place. Normandy was where all of the beaches were located. The beaches were Omaha, Utah, Gold, Juno, and Sword.  The United States wasn't the only country at D-Day. In fact, there were three countries involved in the D-Day invasion. Britain and Canada helped in the invasion. The British troops handled the Gold beach and Sword beach invasions. Canada handled the the Juno beach invasion. The United  States handled the Omaha and Utah invasions. The United States had the idea of D-Day. We had the hardest invasion because Omaha and Utah had the most German troops at them. In fact, D-Day wasnt the only time the Higgins Boats were used. They were used at five famous invasions of WWII. D-Day was one of the five. The other four were North Africa, Salerno, Sicily, and Anzio. If D-Day were called by where it was, It would be called the Normandy Invasion. Some people call it that. But it is mostly called D-Day.

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