D-Day

= **D-Day** (Operation Overlord) = D-Day,(June 6,1944) one of the most important days in World War II. The Allied Forces begun the invasion in Europe to reach Normandy, France. Operation Overlord was a massive invasion plan composed of other operations, the first is Operation Neptune where the Allied Forces begin landing on Omaha beach which was heavily guarded by machine gun nests, pillboxes, shore batteries, barbwire, landmines and beachheads.

In addition, the naval ship remained out of range of the shore batteries and bombarded the cliff area to prevent the ships carrying troops from sinking.

Opertation Neptune was the largest invasion of all time, there was over 175,000 troops that landed in Normandy on 6 June 1944. 195,700 Allied naval and navy merchants came, over 5,000 ships were involved. The whole invasion required ships, aircrafts, and vehicles to transport all of the soldiers to Juno Beach. The landings took place along a 50-mile (80 km) stretch of the Normandy coast divided into five sectors: Utah, Ohmaha,Gold, Juno and Sword. In addition, the naval ship remained out of range of the shore batteries and bombarded the cliff area to prevent the ships carrying troops from sinking.

Total allied casualties (killed, wounded, missing, or captured) is estimated at approx. 10 000 solder. These were the estimated deaths. United States–6,603, of which 2,499 fatal. United Kingdom–2,700. Canada–1,074, of which 359 fatal

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