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D-Day: Normandy landings

6 June 1944

Allied forces landed in Normandy, opening a major front in the campaign to liberate occupied Western Europe.

United States troops wading ashore at Omaha Beach on D-Day, 6 June 1944
Photograph: U.S. Coast Guard / U.S. National Archives. View image, creator and licence on Wikimedia Commons.

What happened?

On 6 June 1944, Allied troops crossed the English Channel and landed on five assault beaches in Normandy, supported by airborne forces and a vast naval and air operation.

Why it mattered

Operation Overlord established the lodgement from which the Allies advanced into France and towards Germany.

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