Normandy Invasion
also called Operation Overlord
Men of the 16th Infantry Regiment seek shelter from German machine-gun fire behind “Czech …
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On D-Day, June 6, 1944, an Allied force led by General Dwight D. Eisenhower launched the greatest …
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during World War II, the Allied invasion of western Europe, which was launched on June 6, 1944 (the most celebrated D-Day of the war), with the simultaneous landing of U.S., British, and Canadian forces on five separate beachheads in Normandy, France. By the end of August 1944 all of northern France was liberated, and the invading forces reorganized for the drive into Germany, where they would eventually meet with Soviet forces advancing from the east to bring an end to the Nazi Reich.
Contents of this article:
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·Introduction
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·Planning, 1941–43
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·Buildup, 1943–44
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·D-Day, June 6, 1944
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·Stalemate, June–July 1944
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·Breakout, August 1944
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·Additional Reading
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·Overviews
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·Official histories
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·Video
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