Beaches of Normandy

The Normandy Campaign, also called Operation Overlord, was an Allied invasion of northern Europe in World War II. It began on June 6, 1944, with the largest amphibious landing in history in Normandy, France. The landing transported 156,000 U.S., British, and Canadian troops across the English Channel in over 5,000 ships and 10,000 planes. The invasion was launched on June 6, 1944, with the simultaneous landing of U.S., British, and Canadian forces on five separate beachheads in Normandy, France. The operation, given the codename OVERLORD, delivered five naval assault divisions to the beaches of Normandy, France.