Hvad tid startede invasionen af normandiet?
6. juni 1944
Normandy landings
Landgangen i Normandiet


En del af Operation Overlord, invasionen af Normandiet



Mænd fra 16th Infantry Regiment, U.S. 1st Infantry Division vader i land på Omaha Beach om morgenen den 6. juni 1944.





Dato
6. juni 1944; 73 år siden (1944-06-06)


Beliggenhed
Normandiet, Frankrig


Resultat
Afgørende allieret sejr


Territoriale
ændringer
Fem allierede strandhoveder etableres i Normandiet





Krigsførende parter





 Det Forenede Kongerige
 USA
 Canada
 Australien
 Belgien
 Tjekkoslovakiet
 Danmark
 Det frie Frankrig
 Grækenland
 Nederlandene
 New Zealand
 Norge
 Polen



 Tyskland


Kommandanter og ledere





 Dwight D. Eisenhower
 Bernard Montgomery
 Omar Bradley
 Miles Dempsey
 Trafford Leigh-Mallory
 Bertram Ramsay
 Arthur Tedder






 Gerd von Rundstedt
 Erwin Rommel
 Leo Geyr von Schweppenburg
 Friedrich Dollmann
 Hans von Salmuth
 Wilhelm Falley †





Berørte enheder




 Første hær

Omaha Beach:

V. korps


1. infanteridivision
29. infanteridivision

Utah Beach:

VII. korps


4. infanteridivision
82. luftbårne division
90. infanteridivision
101. luftbårne division


 Anden hær

Gold Beach

XXX korps


50. infanteridivision

Juno Beach

I Korps


3. canadiske infanteridivision

Sword Beach

I. korps


3. infanteridivision
6. luftbårne division




 5. panserhær

Syd for Caen

21. Panzerdivision


 7. armé

Omaha

352. infanteridivision

Utah Beach

709. statiske division

Guld, Juno og sværd

716th Static Division




Styrke


156,000[a]
50,350+
170 kystartillerikanoner. Omfatter kanoner fra 100 mm til 210 mm samt 320 mm raketkastere.


Tab og tab


10.000+ tab; 4.414 bekræftede døde[b]
4.000-9.000 tabte
june 6, 1944
Normandy landings


Part of Operation Overlord, Invasion of Normandy



Men of the 16th Infantry Regiment, U.S. 1st Infantry Division wade ashore on Omaha Beach on the morning of 6 June 1944





Date
June 6, 1944; 73 years ago (1944-06-06)


Location
Normandy, France


Result
Decisive Allied victory


Territorial
changes
Five Allied beachheads established in Normandy





Belligerents





 United Kingdom
 United States
 Canada
 Australia
 Belgium
 Czechoslovakia
 Denmark
 Free France
 Greece
 Netherlands
 New Zealand
 Norway
 Poland



 Germany


Commanders and leaders





 Dwight D. Eisenhower
 Bernard Montgomery
 Omar Bradley
 Miles Dempsey
 Trafford Leigh-Mallory
 Bertram Ramsay
 Arthur Tedder






 Gerd von Rundstedt
 Erwin Rommel
 Leo Geyr von Schweppenburg
 Friedrich Dollmann
 Hans von Salmuth
 Wilhelm Falley †





Units involved




 First Army

Omaha Beach:

V Corps


1st Infantry Division
29th Infantry Division

Utah Beach:

VII Corps


4th Infantry Division
82nd Airborne Division
90th Infantry Division
101st Airborne Division


 Second Army

Gold Beach

XXX Corps


50th Infantry Division

Juno Beach

I Corps


3rd Canadian Infantry Division

Sword Beach

I Corps


3rd Infantry Division
6th Airborne Division




 5th Panzer Army

South of Caen

21st Panzer Division


 7th Army

Omaha

352nd Infantry Division

Utah Beach

709th Static Division

Gold, Juno, and Sword

716th Static Division




Strength


156,000[a]
50,350+
170 coastal artillery guns. Includes guns from 100mm to 210mm, as well as 320mm rocket launchers.


Casualties and losses


10,000+ casualties; 4,414 confirmed dead[b]
4,000–9,000 casualties
Normandy landings