Operation Overlord, best know as D-Day, occurred on 6th June 1944. On that day, Allied forces landed on the beaches of Normandy in Nazi-occupied France, and Allies managed to foothold the French coastline. Operation Overlord In Numbers 132,000 Allied forces had landed in France, and more than 2 million were shipped there, including a total
June 6, 1944, was D-Day, a moment when allied and American troops started their invasion of Nazi-controlled France. Many wonder why the Normandy beach invasion was called D-Day and what that “D” stands for. If you think that it is there for “disembark” then you are wrong. In military terminology, and this was obviously one
D-Day or the Normandy beach invasion is the biggest seaborne invasion in history, and it was staged exactly 74 years ago. During the World War II, Nazi Germany seized control of France and most of Europe, but after few successful years at the beginning of the biggest conflict known to the world, the tides have