The landings on June 6th, 1944 were codenamed "Operation: OVERLORD"
Overlord
The day of the landings
The purpose of the landings was to project Allied forces onto the European mainland in order to liberate Europe from Nazi control and to defeat Axis forces .
June 6th,1944, the day the beach landings occurred.
Slapton Sands in southwest England.
Eisenhower was Supreme Commander.
'overlord'
The name "Mickey Mouse" was used as a code word by the Allies on D-Day during World War II
It was a WW2 code name for the Allied landings
The main code-name used by the Allies for the landings on the Normandy beaches (the main part of the D-Day operation) was Operation Overlord.
Operation Overlord http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Overlord
No, the D- Day landings happened on the north coast of France at Normandy.
The D in D Day was a simple code for the day designated by allied command during world war two to commence the invasion of europe through the northwestern shores of France
The day of the landings
D-Day Landings in Normandy Peninsula started on June 6, 1944.The D-day landings were on June 6th, 1944.June 6, 1944. If you are talking about D-Day in The European Theater in World War II at Normandy, France.1944June 6, 1944
The D-Day landings were in Normandy, France.
Normandy, France
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