5 Beaches & 2 Airborne landings in Normandy France. June 6th 1944.
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.
No the D-Day operation was the Allied landings at the beaches of Normandy in France, not an invasion of Germany.
Five of the beaches used for D.Day landings were coded Utah, Omaha,Juno,Sword and Gold
Soldiers had practice landings on beaches in west England and mock battles on Salisbury Plain.
Omaha, Utah, Gold, Juno and Sword were the five beach landings for allied troops on D Day.
Tuesday June 6th 1944. Bad weather prevented the landings happening on the Monday.
D-DAY LANDINGS Utah Beach Omaha Beach Gold Beach Juno Beach Sword Beach
The Normandy landings in WW2 when the allies land on the Normandy beaches on 6th of June 1944 opening a new front.
The Allied invasion of Normandy June 6th 1944. Airborne landings on the flanks of 5 invasion beaches codenamed Gold Juno Sword Omaha & Utah. Operation Overlord. Also, D-Day means designated day, or an operation unnamed.
It was to gain control of the beaches and land to about 8 miles in. Only the Canadians managed it on the 6th.
The attacks were in separate points, there was Parachute landings and beach landings. The beach landings took place on Normandy France, the code name for the beaches were: Sword, Juno, Omaha, Gold and point Du Hoc beach. The landings took place on June,6 1944