Planning for the operation began in 1943. The operation began the liberation of France (and later Western Europe) and laid the foundations of the Allied victory on the Western Front. Codenamed Operation Neptune and often referred to as D-Day, it was the largest seaborne invasion in history. The Normandy landings were the landing operations and associated airborne operations on Tuesday, 6 June 1944 of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during World War II. ġ0,000+ casualties 4,414 confirmed dead Ĥ,000–9,000 killed, wounded, missing or captured 170 coastal artillery guns (Includes guns from 100mm to 210mm, as well as 320mm rocket launchers.).
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