Normandy landings
1944 landing operations of the Allied invasion of Normandy
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Summary
Normandy landings is a battle[1]. It ranks in the top 0.027% of battle entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (53,855 views/month, #2 of 7,470).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: France[3]
- Instance of: amphibious warfare[4]
- Location: Normandy[5], Baie de la Seine[6]
- Part of: Invasion of Normandy[7]
- Commons category: D-Day[8]
- Has part(s): Omaha Beach[9], Utah Beach[10]
- Start time: June 6, 1944[11]
- End time: August 29, 1944[12]
- Participant: United Kingdom[13], United States[14], Canada[15], Australia[16], Poland[17], Belgium[18], Czechoslovak government-in-exile[19], Free France[20], Denmark[21], Greece[22], Netherlands[23], New Zealand[24], Norway[25], Nazi Germany[26]
- Order of battle: list of Allied warships in the Normandy landings[27], Juno Beach order of battle[28], order of battle at Utah Beach[29]
Why It Matters
Normandy landings has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] It is known by 59 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]