<P> The Normandy landings were the landing operations on Tuesday , 6 June 1944 of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during World War II . Codenamed Operation Neptune and often referred to as D - Day , it was the largest seaborne invasion in history . The operation began the liberation of German - occupied northwestern Europe from Nazi control , and laid the foundations of the Allied victory on the Western Front . </P>
<P> The Normandy landings were the landing operations on Tuesday , 6 June 1944 of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during World War II . Codenamed Operation Neptune and often referred to as D - Day , it was the largest seaborne invasion in history . The operation began the liberation of German - occupied northwestern Europe from Nazi control , and laid the foundations of the Allied victory on the Western Front . </P>
where did allied troops land on d day
where did allied troops land on d day
Normandy
Normandy