-70th Memorial 1944- 2014: Invasion of Normandy, France -WWII June 5 -6, 1944 to overtake opression of Germany, Hitler Nazi Troops The invasion of Normandy. The first day of the landings commonly known as D-Day is covered in more detail at Normandy landings. Invasion of Normandy Part of Operation Overlord, World War II Into the Jaws of Death Assault craft land one of the first waves at Omaha Beach. The U.S. Coast Guard caption identifies the unit as Company E, 16th Infantry, 1st Infantry Division. Date 6 June 1944 – mid-July 1944 Location Normandy, France Coordinates: 49°20′N 0°34′W / 49.333°N 0.567°W / 49.333; -0.567 Belligerents Allies: United Kingdom United States Canada Free French Forces Poland Australia Free Belgian Forces New Zealand Netherlands Norway Free Czechoslovak Forces Greece Axis: Germany Commanders and leaders Dwight D. Eisenhower (Supreme Allied Commander) Arthur Tedder (Deputy Supreme Allied Commander) Bernard Montgomery (21st Army Group, Ground Forces Commander in Chief) Trafford Leigh-Mallory (Air Commander in Chief) Bertram Ramsay (Naval Commander in Chief) Omar Bradley (U.S. 1st Army) Miles Dempsey (British 2nd Army) Canada Major-General R.F.L Keller. (Commander, 3rd Canadian Division (Juno Beach), Canadian Army) Canada Lt. General H.D.G. Crerar (Commander, First Canadian Army) Gerd von Rundstedt (Oberbefehlshaber West) Erwin Rommel (Heeresgruppe B) Friedrich Dollmann (7 Armeeoberkommando) Leo Geyr von Schweppenburg (Panzer Group West) Strength 1,332,000 by 24 July 380,000 by 23 July Casualties and losses 24 July ~120,000 casualties 24 July 113,059 casualties Operation Overlord Invasion of Normandy, France Atlantic Wall · Bodyguard ( Fortitude · Zeppelin ) Combined Bomber Offensive · Pointblank Postage Able · Tarbrush · Tiger ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Initial airborne assault: British sector Deadstick · Tonga · Merville Battery · Mallard American sector: Albany · Boston · Chicago · Detroit · Elmira --------------------------------------------------------------- Normandy landings: American sector: Omaha · Utah · Pointe du Hoc Anglo-Canadian sector: Gambit Sword · Juno · Gold · Port-en-Bessin ------------------------------------------------------------- Initial ground campaign: American sector: Carentan · Cherbourg Anglo-Canadian sector Caen · Breville · Perch ( Villers–Bocage ) Le Mesnil-Patry · Martlet · Epsom (1st Odon) Windsor · Charnwood · Jupiter · 2nd Odon Atlantic · Goodwood · Verrières Ridge --------------------------------------------------------------- Breakout: Cobra · Spring · Bluecoat · Totalize Lüttich · Tractable · Hill 262 · Chambois Falaise · Brest · Paris --------------------------------------------------------------------- Air and sea operations: Ushant · La Caine · Pierres Noires --------------------------------------------------------------- Supporting operations: Dingson · Samwest · Titanic · Cooney Jedburgh · Pluto · Mulberry · Dragoon -------------------------------------------------------------- Aftermath Cemeteries: West European Campaign (1944–1945) Overlord · Dragoon · Paris to the Rhine · Channel Coast · Market Garden · Aachen · Hürtgen Forest · Scheldt · Queen · Bulge · Blackcock · Colmar Pocket · Reichswald · Invasion of Germany · End of World War II in Europe Western Front 1939 Phoney War · Saar · The Heligoland Bight 1940 Luxembourg · The Netherlands ( The Hague · Rotterdam · Zeeland · Rotterdam Blitz ) · Belgium ( Fort Eben-Emael · Hannut · Gembloux · La Lys ) · France ( Sedan · Montcornet · Arras · Lille · Boulogne · Calais · Abbeville · Paula · Dunkirk · Dunkirk evacuation · Italian Invasion of France · Saumur ) · Britain ( Kanalkampf · Adlertag · The Hardest Day · Battle of Britain Day ) · Sea Lion 1942–1943 Cerberus and Donnerkeil · St Nazaire Raid · Dieppe Raid 1944–1945 Overlord · Dragoon · Siegfried Line · Market Garden ( Arnhem ) · Hürtgen Forest · Aachen · Queen · Scheldt · Bulge ( Nordwind · Bodenplatte ) · Colmar Pocket · Atlantic Pockets · Invasion of Germany Strategic Campaigns The Blitz · Defence of the Reich · Raids on the Atlantic Wall · Battle of Atlantic The Invasion of Normandy was the invasion and establishment of Western Allied forces in Normandy, during Operation Overlord in 1944 during World War II, the largest amphibious invasion to ever take place. D-Day, the date of the initial assaults, was Tuesday 6 June 1944 and Allied land forces that saw combat in Normandy on that day came from Canada, the Free French Forces, the United Kingdom, and the United States. In the weeks following the invasion, Polish forces also participated, as well as contingents from Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Greece, and the Netherlands. Most of the above countries also provided air and naval support, as did the Royal Australian Air Force, the Royal New Zealand Air Force and the Royal Norwegian Navy. The Normandy invasion began with overnight parachute and glider landings, massive air attacks and naval bombardments. In the early morning, amphibious landings on five beaches codenamed Juno, Gold, Omaha, Utah, and Sword began and during the evening the remaining elements of the parachute divisions landed. Land forces used on D-Day deployed from bases along the south coast of England...
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