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The Normandy landings, codenamed Operation Neptune, were the landing operations of the Allied invasion of Normandy, in Operation Overlord, during World War II. The landings commenced on Tuesday, 6 June 1944 (D-Day), beginning at 6:30 am British Double Summer Time (GMT+2). In planning, as for most Allied operations, the term D-Day was used for the day of the actual landing, which was dependent on final approval.
The landings were conducted in two phases: an airborne assault landing of 24,000 British, American, Canadian and Free French airborne troops shortly after midnight, and an amphibious landing[4] of Allied infantry and armoured divisions on the coast of France starting at 6:30 am. Surprise was achieved thanks to inclement weather and a comprehensive deception plan implemented in the months before the landings, Operation Bodyguard, to distract German attention from the possibility of landings in Normandy. A key success was to convince Adolf Hitler that the landings would actually occur to the north near Calais. There were also decoy operations taking place simultaneously with the landings under the codenames Operation Glimmer and Operation Taxable to distract the German forces from the real landing areas.[5]
Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Forces was General Dwight Eisenhower while overall command of ground forces (21st Army Group) was given to General Bernard Montgomery. The operation, planned by a team under Lieutenant-General Frederick Morgan, was the largest amphibious invasion in world history and was executed by land, sea and air elements under direct British command with over 160,000[6] soldiers landing on 6 June 1944: 73,000 Americans, 61,715 British and 21,400 Canadians.[7] 195,700[8] Allied naval and merchant navy personnel in over 5,000[6] ships were also involved. The invasion required the transport of soldiers and materiel from the United Kingdom by troop-laden aircraft and ships, the assault landings, air support, naval interdiction of the English Channel and naval fire-support. The landings took place along a 50-mile (80 km) stretch of the Normandy coast divided into five sectors: Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno, and Sword.
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∙ 6y agoOn the beaches of Normandy, on the coast of German-occupied France.
AnswerNormandy, region in the North of France. The allied forces landed on beaches roughly between the Cherbourg peninsula and the Orne river estuary.
AnswerD-Day was the Allied assault on Nazi occupied France that took place on 6 June, 1944 on the beaches near Normandy, France.
Normandy, France
The beaches and inland towns of Normandy was the location of D-Day.
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∙ 13y agoNormandy on several beaches along an 80 km stretch of coast. It remains the largest amphibious invasion of all time.
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∙ 10y agoThe D Day invasion happened on June 6, 1944. It happened on the beaches of Normandy, France and in the English Channel.
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∙ 10y agoThe beaches and inland towns of Normandy was the location of D-Day.
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∙ 16y agoOn 5 beaches in Normandy.
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∙ 13y agowe landed in Normandy France
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