D-Day invasion
June 1944 assault
The D-Day invasion was the Allied amphibious assault on Nazi-occupied Normandy, France, on June 6, 1944—the largest seaborne invasion in history.
The operation established a Western European front that proved decisive in World War II.
D-Day now refers broadly to the date of any major planned military operation, though it most commonly evokes this specific assault: My grandfather landed on Omaha Beach during the D-Day invasion.
- Normandy beachesWWII Allied landing sites
- Nazi GermanyHitler's fascist dictatorship
- Winston ChurchillBritain's WWII premier
- Operation OverlordWWII cross-channel assault codename
- code namesSecret identity designations
amphibious assault · Juno Beach · Allied Powers · war effort · beachhead · Gold Beach · gliders · Cherbourg · Omaha Beach · resistance fighters · English Channel · paratroopers · Charles de Gaulle · Erwin Rommel · flamethrowers · Band of Brothers · Dwight D. Eisenhower · Sherman tanks
D-Day invasionDunkirk evacuation
Military withdrawal from France
Battle of the Bulge · siege · retreat from Moscow · Battle of Britain · strategic withdrawal
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