BATTLE // Jun–Aug 1944
Normandy
France · 49.333, -0.606

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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
- Allies156,000medium
- Germany50,350medium
Allies fielded a 3.1 : 1 numerical advantage
Casualties
- Allies10,000medium6% loss rate
- Germany4,000–9,000medium13% loss rate
Commanders (15)
Allies
Alan G. Kirkadmiral
Bernard Montgomeryfield marshal
Dwight D. EisenhowerGeneral of the Army
Gerard Bucknalllieutenant-general
J. Lawton Collinsgeneral
John Crockergeneral
Leonard T. Gerowgeneral
Miles Dempseygénéral de corps d'armée
- Omar Bradley
general of the army
Philip VianAdmiral of the Fleet
Germany
Erich MarcksGeneral of the Artillery
Erwin Rommelgeneral field marshal
Friedrich DollmannGeneraloberst
Gerd von Rundstedtgeneral field marshal
Leo von SchweppenburgGeneral der Panzertruppe
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