Normandy landings
The Normandy landings (codenamed Operation Neptune) were the landings on Tuesday, June 6, 1944, during World War II. Invasion forces landed at Gold Beach, Sword Beach, Omaha Beach, Juno Beach, Pointe du Hoc, and Utah Beach.
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The landing started on the so-called D-Day. It was by the Allies of World War II: the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and other countries. The whole event was codenamed "Operation Overlord" and was intended to open the Western Front in the war. General Dwight D. Eisenhower was the commander of Overlord.
After the landing, the Allied forces failed to take any of the towns and places that they had planned to take. However, they controlled the beaches, and in the following days, they moved inland. German casualties on D-Day have been estimated at 4,000 to 9,000 men. Allied casualties were at least 10,000, with 4,414 confirmed dead. The Normandy landings were the largest and deadliest amphibious assault in the history of warfare.
Normandy Landings Media
Shoulder patches were designed for units of the fictitious First United States Army Group under George Patton.
Surface weather analysis map showing weather fronts on 5 June
Map of the Atlantic Wall, shown in yellow Axis and occupied countries Allies and occupied countries Neutral countries
Czech hedgehogs deployed on the Atlantic Wall near Calais
D-day assault routes into Normandy
Royal Marine Commandos attached to 3rd Infantry Division move inland from Sword Beach, 6 June 1944. An armoured bridgelayer tank is in the background
Members of the French Resistance and the US 82nd Airborne division during the Battle of Normandy in 1944.
D-Day planning map, used at Southwick House near Portsmouth
Large landing craft convoy crosses the English Channel on 6 June 1944
Other websites
- The Normandy Invasion Archived 2010-11-08 at the Wayback Machine at the US Army Center of Military History
- Neptune Operations Plan Archived 2014-05-03 at the Wayback Machine
- Naval details for Overlord at Naval-History.Net
- Quiz questions
- Documents on D-Day: The Invasion of Normandy Archived 2017-12-01 at the Wayback Machine at the Eisenhower Presidential Center
