Operation Overlord
June 6 – August 30, 1944
Result Allied victory
Codename for the Battle of Normandy, the Allied invasion of German-occupied Western Europe launched on 6 June 1944. After a 1,200-plane airborne assault, 5,000 vessels carried 160,000 troops across the Channel: Americans at Utah and Omaha, British at Sword and Gold, Canadians at Juno. Commanded by Dwight D. Eisenhower, it put over two million Allied troops in France by the end of August 1944.
Axis
Allies
Other
Dwight D. Eisenhower
military commander
Omar Bradley
Commander, U.S. First Army
George S. Patton
military commander
Bernard Montgomery
Commander, 21st Army Group, Commanded Allied ground forces in Normandy
Miles Dempsey
Lieutenant General, Commander of the British Second Army
Harry Crerar
military commander
Strength and losses
United States Casualties 124,394
United Kingdom Casualties c. 65,000
Canada Casualties 18,444
Poland Casualties 2,097
- Killed
- 25,000–39,000
Battles 15
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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 for Caen June 6 – August 6, 1944 · Allied victory
- Operation Perch June 7–14, 1944 · German victory
- Operation Martlet June 25 – July 1, 1944 · Allied victory
- Operation Epsom June 26–30, 1944
- Operation Windsor July 4–5, 1944 · Canadian victory
- Operation Charnwood July 8–9, 1944 · Allied victory
- Operation Jupiter (1944) July 10–11, 1944 · British victory
- Operation Goodwood July 18–20, 1944
- Operation Atlantic July 18–21, 1944
- Battle of Cherbourg June 6–30, 1944 · Allied victory
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Invasion of Normandy June 6, 1944 – July 1944 · Allied victory
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Normandy landings June 6 – August 29, 1944 · Allied victory
- Operation Tonga June 5–7, 1944 · Allied victory
- Capture of the Caen Canal and Orne River bridges June 6, 1944 · British victory
- American airborne landings in Normandy June 6 – July 13, 1944 · Allied victory
- Battle of Port-en-Bessin June 6–7, 1944 · Allied victory
- Operation Mallard June 6, 1944 · British victory
- Battle of Ushant (1944) June 9, 1944 · Allied victory
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- Mission Boston June 6, 1944
- Battle of Carentan June 10–14, 1944 · American victory
- Raid on La Caine June 10, 1944 · Allied victory
- Battle of Bréville June 13, 1944 · British Victory
- Operation Spring July 25–27, 1944 · German victory
- Operation Bluecoat July 30 – August 7, 1944 · Allied victory
- Battle for Brest August 7 – September 19, 1944 · Allied victory
- Operation Totalize August 8–13, 1944 · Allied victory
- Falaise pocket August 12–21, 1944 · Allied victory
- Operation Tractable August 14–21, 1944 · Allied victory
- Liberation of Paris August 19–25, 1944 · Free French and allied victory
