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Who invaded Normandy on D-Day?

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The Battle of Normandy was fought between the German forces and the invading allied forces. The primary Allied formations that saw combat in Normandy came from Canada, the UKand the USA. Substantial Free French and Polish Forces, also participated in the battle after the assault phase, and there were also contingents from Belgium, Czech, Greece, the Netherlands, and Norway.

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Invasion of Normandy

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Belligerents United Kingdom

United States

Canada

Free French Forces

Free Polish Forces

Australia[1]

Free Belgian Forces

New Zealand

Netherlands

Norway[2]

Free Czechoslovak Forces

Greece

GermanyCommanders Dwight Eisenhower

(Supreme Allied Commander)

Arthur Tedder (Deputy Supreme Allied Commander)

Bernard Montgomery (21st Army Group, Ground Forces Commander in Chief)

Trafford Leigh-Mallory (Air Commander in Chief)

Bertram Ramsay (Naval Commander in Chief)

Omar Bradley (U.S. 1st Army)

Miles Dempsey (British 2nd Army) Gerd von Rundstedt (Oberbefehlshaber West)

Erwin Rommel (Heeresgruppe B)

Friedrich Dollmann (7.Armee Oberkommand

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Allied troops stormed the beaches of Normandy, France on D-Day.

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