Over 33,000 Allied soldiers and airmen are buried in more than 25 immaculately kept War Cemeteries in the fields and small towns of Normandy. Many more, of all the Allied countries, were shipped home for burial.
Normandy
D-Day was the Allied invasion of German held France. It was the turning point of the war.
D Day was the day the Allies began their invasion of German-held France during World War II.
D-Day was the long planned Allied invasion of German held France to liberate Europe.
Nobody "won the war" on D-Day, but Allied troops made very significant advances into German held France.
Franklin D Roosevelt
D-day was June, 6 1944 it was when a large force of U.S., British, Canadian, and Australian invaded the German held beaches of Normandy (in France.
The D-Day invasion (also known as Operation Overlord) took place on June 6, 1944 and was the Allies' invasion of the Axis-held European mainland.
They were routed and totally disorganised. Only small pockets of them held and fought.
Because they were landing at night in unexplored enemy held territory.
Thousands of Allied soldiers died on D-Day and many were not identified or found at the time. Later searches found many bodies and these soldiers are now buried in huge Allied cemeteries all over Normandy.
it was the Allies invasion of Normandy, France held by Germany. It was the largest invasion in the worlds history.