D-Day landings
Normandy invasion day
The D-Day landings were the Allied amphibious invasion of Normandy, France, on June 6, 1944—the largest seaborne assault in history.
Code-named Operation Overlord, the landings marked the beginning of the liberation of Western Europe from Nazi occupation.
D-Day has come to represent any major military operation or decisive moment: Tomorrow is D-Day for the product launch.
- Operation OverlordWWII cross-channel assault codename
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- Omaha BeachAllied invasion sector, 1944
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