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What was Operation Overlord?
Wiki User
October 21, 2016 3:30PM
Operation Overlord was the code name for the Battle of Normandy,
better known as D-day, when the Allies invaded the German held
Normandy, and entered France.
Wiki User
October 21, 2016 10:10AM
The code-name given to the invasion of Normandy during World War
2.
Operation Overlord : the invasion of the European Mainland or
D-Day.
it put allied forces back into Europe whereby the allies
attacked and defeated German force
and ended WW2
Wiki User
December 03, 2015 9:18AM
Operation Overlord was D-Day, the Allied invasion of Nazi held
Europe. It was possibly the most significant event of WW2 in Europe
and the biggest ever combined forces operation ever, the largest
landing on enemy held beaches ever, the largest movement of troops
in a single day ever and involved the largest parachute invasion
ever. It was significant in many ways.
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