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Operation Overlord (D-Day)

Allied invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944. Largest amphibious military operation in history.

Year1944
TheaterFrance
StatusCOMPLETE
File№ 005

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  • 01Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force
  • 02US 1st Army
  • 03British 2nd Army
  • 0482nd Airborne
  • 05101st Airborne

Outcome

Successful beachhead established. Beginning of the liberation of Western Europe.

━━━ Full Report ━━━

Operation Overlord was the Allied invasion of German-occupied Western Europe, beginning with the Normandy landings on June 6, 1944 (D-Day). Over 156,000 troops landed on five beaches along a 50-mile stretch of the French coast.

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