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  2. Normandy landings - Wikipedia

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    The Normandy landings were the landing operations and associated airborne operations on 6 June 1944 of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during the Second World War. Codenamed Operation Neptune and often referred to as D-Day (after the military term), it is the largest seaborne invasion in history.

  3. American airborne landings in Normandy - Wikipedia

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    American airborne landings in Normandy were a series of military operations carried by the United States as part of Operation Overlord, the invasion of Normandy by the Allies on June 6, 1944, during World War II.

  4. Operation Overlord - Wikipedia

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    The beaches of Normandy are still known by their invasion code names. Significant places have plaques, memorials, or small museums, and guide books and maps are available. Some of the German strong points remain preserved; Pointe du Hoc, in particular, is little changed from 1944.

  5. Omaha Beach - Wikipedia

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    On June 6, 1944, the Allies invaded German-occupied France with the Normandy landings. [1] " Omaha" refers to an 8-kilometer (5 mi) section of the coast of Normandy , France, facing the English Channel , from east of Sainte-Honorine-des-Pertes to west of Vierville-sur-Mer on the right bank of the Douve river estuary.

  6. List of Allied forces in the Normandy campaign - Wikipedia

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    British infantry the 3rd Monmouthshire Regiment aboard Sherman tanks near Argentan, 21 August 1944 Men of the British 22nd Independent Parachute Company, 6th Airborne Division being briefed for the invasion, 4–5 June 1944 Canadian chaplain conducting a funeral service in the Normandy bridgehead, 16 July 1944 American troops on board a LCT, ready to ride across the English Channel to France ...

  7. Battle for Caen - Wikipedia

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    Relief map of Lower Normandy showing main towns and the Overlord invasion front On 6 December 1943, General Dwight D. Eisenhower was appointed Supreme Allied Commander Allied Expeditionary Force . The invasion was to be conducted by the 21st Army Group (General Bernard Montgomery ), which would comprise all Allied troops in France until ...

  8. Gold Beach - Wikipedia

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    Gold, commonly known as Gold Beach, was the code name for one of the five areas of the Allied invasion of German-occupied France in the Normandy landings on 6 June 1944, during the Second World War. Gold, the central of the five areas, was located between Port-en-Bessin on the west and the Lieu-dit La Rivière in Ver-sur-Mer on the east.

  9. 6th Airborne Division advance to the River Seine - Wikipedia

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    On 6 June 1944, the 6th Airborne Division landed in Normandy. Their mission was to secure the left flank of the invasion zone, by occupying and dominating the high ground between the River Orne and the River Dives. [2] [3] Despite the parachute troops being widely scattered, they managed to complete all of their objectives.