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BATTLE // Jun–Aug 1944

Normandy

France · 49.333, -0.606

Cartographic map of the Normandy
D-Day map, Southwick House.png: Hchc2009 derivative work: Hogweard, via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

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Overview

The Normandy landings were the landing operations and associated airborne operations on 6 June 1944 of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during the Second World War. Codenamed Operation Neptune and often referred to as D-Day, it is the largest seaborne invasion in history. The operation began the liberation of France and the rest of Western Europe, and laid the foundations for the Allied victory on the Western Front.

Overview adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Significance

Western front opened

Result

Allied lodgment secured

Forces & casualties

Troop strength

  • Allies156,000
    medium
  • Germany50,350
    medium

Allies fielded a 3.1 : 1 numerical advantage

Casualties

  • Allies10,000
    medium6% loss rate
  • Germany4,000–9,000
    medium13% loss rate

Commanders (15)

Allies

Germany

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