photo credit: charlo.be[/caption]Sixty-six years ago the landings of the US troops and their allies in the French happened on June 6 1944.These operations were also known as Operation Neptune and Operation Overlord, during World War II. The day was also called D-Day. The landings began at 6:30 AM local time.
Allied invasion of Normandy on D-Day, 6 June 1944, marked the beginning of the end of World War II and the eventual liberation of Europe.
The approach consisted of two phases. The first step was an air assult landing of American, British, Canadian and Free French airborne troops. The number of troops involved in this night attack was 24,000. Then, in the early morning hours the amphibious landing of Allied infantry troops was executed. In order to confuse the Germans, smaller attacks were started under the codenames Operation Glimmer and Operation Taxable.
The operation D-Day was the largest amphibious invasion of all time. There were about 160,000 troops involved. The invasion was happening along a 50-mile coastline of the Normandy in France. The coast was divided into five sectors by the Allied Forces: Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno and Sword.
The Allied invasion was detailed in several overlapping operational plans according to the D-Day museum:
"The armed forces use codenames to refer to the planning and execution of specific military operations. Operation Overlord was the codename for the Allied invasion of northwest Europe. The assault phase of Operation Overlord was known as Operation Neptune. Operation Neptune began on D-Day ( 6 June 1944) and ended on 30 June 1944. By this time, the Allies had established a firm foothold in Normandy. Operation Overlord also began on D-Day, and continued until Allied forces crossed the River Seine on 19 August 1944."
Portsmouth’s D-Day Museum is Britain’s only museum dedicated solely to covering all aspects of the D-Day landings in Normandy, France, on 6 June 1944. D-Day was a turning point in the Second World War, and a moment when the course of world events depended on the Allied troops taking part.
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