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Normandy - Expanding the Beachhead - Operations 1-24 July 1944
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1944-07-01/1944-07-24
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Battle Narrative
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 with the Normandy Landings (D-Day). A 1,200-plane airborne assault preceded an amphibious assault involving more than 5,000 vessels. Nearly 160,000 troops crossed the English Channel on 6 June, and more than two million Allied troops were in France by the end of August.
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Wikipedia: Operation Overlord
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