Operation Overlord was the code name for the Allied invasion of Normandy and the ensuing campaign to free German-occupied France. It began on D-Day, when American, British, Canadian and other Allied troops landed on five beaches, codenamed Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno and Sword, after airborne forces had dropped inland. The naval and amphibious phase was called Operation Neptune, and the whole effort was led by General Dwight Eisenhower. After the landings the Allies fought a hard battle of attrition in the Norman countryside before breaking out in late July. Paris was liberated in August, and the campaign opened a second major front against Germany in the west.
Before and after
- from 6 June 1944 to 29 August 1944Normandy landings
- from 6 June 1944 to 1 July 1944Invasion of Normandy
- from 6 June 1944 to 30 June 1944Battle of Cherbourg
- from 6 June 1944 to 6 August 1944Battle for Caen
- from 6 June 1944 to 25 August 1944Operation Overlord
- 13 June 1944Birth of Ban Ki-moon
- from 15 June 1944 to 9 July 1944Battle of Saipan
- from 22 June 1944 to 29 August 1944Operation Bagration
- from 25 June 1944 to 1 July 1944Operation Martlet
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