Operation Overlord/Battle of Normandy (jun 6, 1944 – aug 30, 1944)
Description:
June 5, 1944: Operation Overlord commences when more than 1,000 British bombers drop 5,000 tons of bombs on German gun batteries on the Normandy coast in preparation for D-Day. And the first Allied troops land in Normandy; paratroopers are scattered from Caen southward.
https://archiveofourown.org/works/10878852
Northern France (Operation Overlord): 25 July 1944-14 September 1944.
June 6, 1944: D-Day begins with the landing of 155,000 Allied troops on the beaches of Normandy in France. The Allied soldiers quickly break through the Atlantic Wall and push inland in the largest amphibious military operation in history.
Normandy (Invasion of Normandy): 6 June 1944-24 July 1944.
June 6, 1944:
Allied forces land on the beaches of Normandy, France, marking D-Day.
https://www.defense.gov/News/Feature-Stories/story/article/2293108/
Battle of Normandy, June 6 to August 30, 1944
American, British and Canadian troops storm five beaches at Normandy France June 6, known as D-Day, waging one of military history's largest water invasions. At Omaha Beach, more than 2,000 American casualties are suffered with some 4,000 deaths that day. But by June 11, the beaches are secured and 325,000-plus forces have landed. The Allies begin their advance across Normandy, eventually liberating Paris.
https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/world-war-ii-battles-timeline
Added to timeline:
Date: