the code name given to the long-awaited invasion of France

Operation Overlord was the code name given to the long-awaited invasion of France.

the largest amphibious military operation in history

On the morning of June 5, 1944, U.S. General Dwight D. Eisenhower, the supreme commander of Allied forces in Europe gave the go-ahead for Operation Overlord, the largest amphibious military operation in history.

Battle of Normandy

The Operation Overlord or Battle of Normandy, in 1944, acquired the distinction of the most crucial battle between the western Allied countries and the German Forces in Europe during World War II.

the wider name given to the Invasion of Normandy which would eventually end the war in Europe as discussed at the Yalta Conference

Operation Overlord Operation Overlord was the wider name given to the Invasion of Normandy which would eventually end the war in Europe as discussed at the Yalta Conference.

the code name given to the Allied invasion of France  the Allied invasion involved landing 21 American divisions and 26 British, Canadian, and

 Operation Overlord was the code name given to the Allied invasion of France  the Allied invasion involved landing 21 American divisions and 26 British, Canadian, and.

The invasion of Normandyor D-Day

The invasion of Normandy, otherwise known as Operation Overlord, or D-Day was the Allied push into Nazi occupied France.

as D-Day

More commonly known as D-day, Operation Overlord was the codename for the Battle of Normandy(1).

the code-name given to the Allied invasion of France scheduled for June 1994

Operation Overlord was the code-name given to the Allied invasion of France scheduled for June 1994.

the code name for the invasion of France that the Germans had long anticipated

Operation Overlord was the code name for the invasion of France that the Germans had long anticipated.

Operation Overlord, the invasion of France

On 6 June 1944, the Western Allies launched Operation Overlord, the invasion of France.

plans for the invasion of France

Under the direction of General Dwight D. Eisenhower (Supreme Commander Allied Expeditionary Force) and Frederick Morgan, plans for the invasion of France coalesced as Operation Overlord.

Allied invasion of German-occupied Europe

Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of German-occupied Europe took place in June 1944.

the invasion of Hitler's Fortress Europe

On 6 June 1944 the combined Allied forces began Operation Overlord, the invasion of Hitler's Fortress Europe, along the beaches of Normandy, France.

the Allied invasion of France from across the English Channel

Operation Overlord was the Allied invasion of France from across the English Channel.

a code name

Operation Overlord was a code name to indicate the invasion of Normandy, from D-Day to the liberation of Paris.

the invasion of Normandy by the Western Allies on June 6, 1944

The U.S. airborne landings in Normandy were the first U.S. combat operations during Operation Overlord, the invasion of Normandy by the Western Allies on June 6, 1944, during World War II.

in German-occupied France during World War II

Operation Overlord, led by General Dwight D. Eisenhower, was the code name for the invasion of Normandy by Allied forces, in German-occupied France, during World War II.

the long-awaited invasion of France

Before dawn, the Allied Expeditionary Force of British, American, Canadian, Polish, and Free French troops begins Operation Overlord, the long-awaited invasion of France.

an intensely emotional event for all the Allies—, Americans, British, Canadians, and men from thirty different countriesmany of which had, like France

Operation Overlord, the invasion of Normandy, was an intensely emotional event for all the Allies—Americans, British, Canadians, and men from thirty different countries, many of which had, like France, been occupied for the previous four years by the German Wehrmacht after the previous four years's devastating victories in 1940.

France Allies was the long awaited Allied invasion of France

Codenamed Operation Overlord, France Allies was the long awaited Allied invasion of France and the opening of the Second Front during World War II.