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  2. Date6 June 1944
    LocationNormandy, France
    ResultAllied victory
    Territorial changesFive Allied beachheads established in Normandy
    How D-Day Liberated Europe
    How D-Day Liberated Europe
    On June 6, 1944, the Allies launched the largest seaborne invasion in history, code-named Operation Overlord or D-Day. It began the liberation of France and the Western Front from Nazi occupation.
    Background

    After the German Army invaded the Soviet Union in June 1941, the Soviet leader Joseph Stalin began pressing his new allies for the creation of a second front in western Europe. In late May 1942, the Soviet Union and the … See more

    Operations

    Operation Overlord was the name assigned to the establishment of a large-scale lodgement on the continent. The first phase, the amphibious invasion and establishment of a secure foothold, was codenamed Operation … See more

    Deception plans

    Under the overall umbrella of Operation Bodyguard, the Allies conducted several subsidiary operations designed to mislead the Germans as to the date and location of the Allied landings. Operation Fortitude included Fo… See more

    Weather

    The invasion planners determined a set of conditions involving the phase of the moon, the tides, and the time of day that would be satisfactory on only a few days in each month. A full moon was desirable, as it would provi… See more

     
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