Operation Overlord
D-Day's military name
Operation Overlord was the Allied invasion of Nazi-occupied Western Europe during World War II, beginning with the D-Day landings on June 6, 1944.
The operation established a foothold in Normandy, France, opening a second front against Germany and leading to the liberation of France and eventual Allied victory in Europe.
- D-Day1944 Normandy invasion
- coastal defensesFortifications protecting a shoreline
- landingDescent's final moment
- Omaha BeachAllied invasion sector, 1944
- Normandy beachesWWII Allied landing sites
beach landings · amphibious assault · Juno Beach · gliders · Cherbourg · Dwight D. Eisenhower · Erwin Rommel · paratroopers · airborne assault · beachhead · hedgerows · Gold Beach · fear · Normandy · June · grit · chaos · World War II
- WWIID-Day, Pearl Harbor, Normandy, Hiroshima, Holocaust
- D-DayD-Day, Normandy, Omaha Beach, Utah Beach, Gold Beach
- WWII EuropeNormandy, Battle of Britain, D-Day, Utah Beach, Omaha Beach
- Code NamesManhattan Project, Castle Bravo, Iraqi Freedom, Project MKUltra, Trinity
- invasionincursion, invasion force, invasion fleet, invasion route, ground invasion
- NormandyRouen, Cherbourg, Dieppe, Bayeux Tapestry, Mont Saint-Michel