Invasion of Normandy
June 6, 1944 – July 1944 · Normandy
Result Allied victory
Allied forces crossed the English Channel and landed on the Normandy beaches under heavy air and naval cover, then fought inland against German defenders. The landings opened the Western Front in German-occupied France.
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Strength and losses
United States Casualties 124,394
United Kingdom Casualties c. 65,000
Canada Casualties 18,444
Poland Casualties 2,097
- Strength
- c. 640,000
- Killed
- c. 80,000
- Captured
- 233,000
- Killed
- 25,000–39,000
Battles 2
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Normandy landings June 6 – August 29, 1944 · Allied victory
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Operation Tonga June 5–7, 1944 · Allied victory
- Battle of Merville Gun Battery June 6, 1944 · 6 June 1944: British victory 7 June 1944: German victory
- Capture of the Caen Canal and Orne River bridges June 6, 1944 · British victory
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American airborne landings in Normandy June 6 – July 13, 1944 · Allied victory
- Brécourt Manor assault June 6, 1944 · Allied victory
- Mission Albany June 6–15, 1944 · American victory
- Battle of Port-en-Bessin June 6–7, 1944 · Allied victory
- Operation Mallard June 6, 1944 · British victory
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- Battle of Ushant (1944) June 9, 1944 · Allied victory