✦ History

Normandy landings

June 6 – August 29, 1944

Result Allied victory

Allied forces landed on five beaches in Normandy on D-Day, supported by airborne troops. It was the largest seaborne invasion in history and opened a second front against Germany in Western Europe.

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Battles 5

June 5–7, 1944
Operation Tonga Allied victory
June 6, 1944
Capture of the Caen Canal and Orne River bridges British victory Normandy
June 6 – July 13, 1944
American airborne landings in Normandy Allied victory Matthew Ridgway, Maxwell D. Taylor
June 6–7, 1944
Battle of Port-en-Bessin Allied victory Port-en-Bessin-Huppain
June 6, 1944
Operation Mallard British victory Normandy

Key commanders

Allies 5

Dwight D. Eisenhower military commander Omar Bradley military commander Bernard Montgomery military commander Miles Dempsey military commander Bertram Home Ramsay military commander

Axis 2

Gerd von Rundstedt military commander Erwin Rommel military commander

United States 2

Matthew Ridgway military commander Maxwell D. Taylor military commander