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Operation Overlord, D-Day commemorations mark June 6 anniversary

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Veterans and officials gathered in Normandy at Omaha, Utah, Gold, Juno and Sword beaches to mark the June 6 anniversary of the 1944 Operation Overlord landings. On June 6, 1944, Supreme Allied Commander Dwight D. Eisenhower ordered the invasion and Allied forces launched Operation Neptune, landing about 156,000 troops from the United States, Britain, Canada and other nations after pre-dawn airborne drops and a 06:30 seaborne assault. The Normandy landings opened the Western front that began the liberation of Western Europe and led to Nazi Germany's defeat, and the ceremonies honored surviving veterans while underscoring the campaign's human cost and historical significance.

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photo, black and white, of the RAF crew of a motor launch in 1944. The crew are 6 men and one woman, all in RAF uniforms and hats, standing on the top of the launch which has a mast and lots of rigging and flags behind them
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Allied soldiers, vehicles and equipment swarm onto the French shore during the Normandy landings, June 1944. Source: Regional Council of Basse-Normandie/US National Archives
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On this day in 1944: D-Day – the beginning of the largest amphibious invasion ever undertaken – lays the foundation for the ultimate defeat of Nazi Germany in WWII. The invasion saw of tens of thousands of Allied troops from the US, UK, France, and Canada landing on five stretches of the Normandy coastline – codenamed “Utah,” “Omaha,” “Gold,” “Juno” and “Sword” beaches. The massive amphibious landings, codenamed “Operation Overlord,” were preceded by an extensive bombing campaign to weaken German defenses. Deception tactics employed in the months leading up to the attack led the Germans to believe that the initial attacks were merely a diversion and that the true invasion would take place further along the coast. Allied divisions began landing in waves on the five beaches at sunrise on June 6th. The U.S. troops were assigned to Utah beach at the base of the Cotentin Peninsular and Omaha beach at the northern end of the Normandy coast. The British subsequently landed on Gold Beach, followed by the Canadians at Juno, and finally the British at Sword, the easternmost point of the invasion. By midnight June 6th, the troops had secured their beachheads and moved further inland from Utah, Gold, Juno and Sword. In total, around 7,000 ships took part in the invasion, including 1,213 warships and 4,127 landing craft. Some 24,000 Allied troops were also dropped behind enemy lines shortly after midnight on the day of the invasion, and 132,000 men landed on the beaches. The troops were supported by 12,000 Allied aircraft, and 10,000 vehicles were delivered to the five beaches. On D-Day alone, 4,414 Allied troops gave their lives, with more than 9,000 more wounded or missing in action. The precise number of Nazi casualties on the day is unknown, but they are estimated to be between 4,000 and 9,000. Facts, figures, and harrowing details: https://stacker.com/stories/4195/50-facts-and-figures-about-d-day
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Omaha Beach was one of five Allied beach landing sectors of the amphibious assault component of Operation Overlord during the Second World War.
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