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
Units
80th Training Command
First Army (United States)
Ninth Army (United States)
US Third Army
I Corps (United Kingdom)
3rd Canadian Division
III Armored Corps
VII Corps (United States)
90th Infantry Division (United States)
VIII Corps (United States)
XII Corps (United States)
XV Corps (United States)
XXX Corps (United Kingdom)
50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division
101st Airborne Division
104th Training Division
11th Armoured Division (United Kingdom)
1st Armoured Division (Poland)
26th Infantry Division (United States)
28th Infantry Division (United States)
29th Infantry Division (United States)
2nd Armored Division (France)
2nd Armored Division (United States)
30th Infantry Division (United States)
35th Infantry Division (United States)
3rd Armored Division (United States)
44th Infantry Division (United States)
4th Armored Division (United States)
4th Canadian Division
4th Infantry Division (United States)
51st (Highland) Division
53rd (Welsh) Infantry Division
5th Armored Division (United States)
5th Infantry Division (United States)
66th Infantry Division (United States)
6th Armored Division (United States)
79th Armoured Division
79th Infantry Division (United States)
7th Armored Division (United States)
7th Armoured Division (United Kingdom)
83rd Infantry Division (United States)
8th Infantry Division (United States)
94th Training Division
95th Training Division
9th Infantry Division (United States)
Guards Armoured Division
US 1st Division
US 2nd Division
1st Special Service Brigade
22nd Armoured Brigade
5th Canadian Infantry Brigade
8th Armoured Brigade (United Kingdom)
9th Canadian Infantry Brigade
16th Infantry Regiment (United States)
18th Infantry Regiment (United States)
41st Infantry Regiment (United States)
504th Infantry Regiment
75th Ranger Regiment
1st Canadian Parachute Battalion
2nd Ranger Battalion
612th Tank Destroyer Battalion
No. 3 Commando
No. 226 Squadron RAF
Army Group B
7th Army (Wehrmacht)
709th Infantry Division
716th Static Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)
I SS Panzer Corps
II SS Panzer Corps
XLVII Panzer Corps
116th Panzer Division
16th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)
17th SS Panzergrenadier Division Götz von Berlichingen
1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler
243rd Static Infantry Division
277th Infantry Division
2nd Panzer Division (Wehrmacht)
2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich
344th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)
3rd Parachute Division
49th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)
5th Parachute Division
708th Infantry Division
77th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)
84th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)
85th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)
89th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)
91st Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)
9th Panzer Division (Wehrmacht)
Panzer Lehr Division
Turkestan Legion
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





















