War · June 6, 1944

Operation Overlord

Name: Operation Overlord
Start: 1944-06-06
Location: Normandy, Nazi Germany

82 years ago · Normandy, Nazi Germany

82nd anniversary

Operation Overlord was the codename for the Battle of Normandy, the Allied operation that launched the successful invasion of German-occupied Western Europe during World War II. The operation was launched on 6 June 1944 (D-Day) with the Normandy landings (Operation Neptune).

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Alexander Pushkin

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Diego Velázquez

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Thomas Mann

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