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General Dwight 'Ike' Eisenhower, as Supreme Commander of the Allied forces in Europe during World War II was charged with planning and carrying out the Allied assault on the coast of Normandy under the code name Operation Overlord. The ultimate aim was the liberation of Western Europe and the invasion of Germany. In the early hours of 6 June 1944, Allied forces began their assault against Hitler's "Fortress Europe", marking the beginning of D-Day in the largest amphibious assault ever launched. By the end of the day 155,000 Allied troops, including some 18,000 paratroopers and glider-borne troops, were in Normandy. The initial assault involved about 1,300 RAF planes, followed by 1,000 American bombers dropping bombs on targets in northern France.

The United States and Britain each lost about 1,000 troops whilst Canada lost 355 in the initial stages of D-day. The invasion cracked Nazi Germany's grip on Western Europe and marked the beginning of the advance that eventually ended the war with Germany. (source: www.today.wmit.net - June 6)

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Overrated,massive. The weather on D-Day can be described as gloomy, ugly, and overcast. The title of Cornelius Ryan's book describes it as "The Longest Day." General Dwight D. Eisenhower referred to the landings as "The Great Crusade." The landings on the beaches went amazingly well except for "Bloody Omaha." The official name for the Normandy Invasion was Operation Overlord.

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The D-Day landings was when American, Canadian,British, and many other soldiers of different nationalities invaded Normandy ( Modern day France). First it began with managing to trick the German forces into believing the main assault would be on the island of Calais. The assault began June 6, 1944, when troops invaded the beaches. The beaches were codenamed. They were named "Sword", "Utah", "Gold", "Omaha", and "Juno". Some beaches were taken with almost no resistance, but some, such as "Omaha", were met with heavy machine gun fire. The assault took place during a lull in the early hours of the morning. Hitler was still convinced that the main invasion would be at Calais, so he held most major defenses so that he'd be able to defend the island. Once landed, allied forces advanced into Europe.

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D Day was the code word for June 6, 1944 the day for the invasion of Nazi occupied Normandy by Allied forces in WW2. It was the largest amphibious landing in history. Within one week of D Day the Allies had landed 326,000 men, 50,000 vehicles and over 100,000 tons of supplies. The landing established a firm beachhead in Normandy from there the Allies swept across France, liberating Paris on Aug. 25, 1944. They then linked with the Red Army on the Elbe River on April 25, 1945 for the final defeat of Germany.

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the allied forces landed in France on this day.

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The first d day landing was at omaha beach in france

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