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D-Day and The Normandy Campaign. On June 6, 1944, the long-awaited Allied landing in northern France began. Facing Hitlers Atlantic Wall, soldiers of the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, and other Allied nations landed on beaches in Normandy, beginning a campaign which lasted until July 24, 1944.
Jun 6, 2011 · Key Facts. 1. Operation Overlord—commonly known as “D-Day”—was the largest amphibious invasion in history, deploying more than 160,000 Allied troops on air, land, and sea. 2. D-Day marked the beginning of the end of German rule in France. Two and a half months later, Paris was liberated. 3.
The U.S. Army remembers June 6, 1944: The World War II D-Day invasion of Normandy, France.
On D-Day, June 6, 1944, an Allied force led by Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower launched the greatest amphibious invasion of all time against German defenses on the coast of Normandy, France. From The Second World War: Allied Victory (1963), a documentary by Encyclopædia Britannica Educational Corporation.
Mar 12, 2019 · D-Day was the largest amphibious invasion in military history. According to the D-Day Center, the invasion, officially called "Operation Overlord," combined the forces of 156,115 U.S.,...
Nov 24, 2009 · On June 6, 1944, Supreme Allied Commander General Dwight D. Eisenhower gives the go-ahead for the largest amphibious military operation in history: Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of...
Article. D-Day: The Allies Invade Europe. In May 1944, the Western Allies were finally prepared to deliver their greatest blow of the war, the long-delayed, cross-channel invasion of northern France, code-named Overlord. Primary Image: Soldiers coming ashore at Normandy on D-Day. (Image: National Archives and Records Administration, 111-SC-320902.)
