The Normandy landings were the landing operations on Tuesday, 6 June 1944 of the Allied invasion of Normandyin Operation Overlord during World War II. Codenamed Operation Neptune and often referred to as D-Day, it was the largest seaborne invasion in history. The operation began the liberation of German-occupied France (and later western Europe) from Nazi control, and laid the foundations of the Allied victory on the Western Front.
CBS Veterans Network pays tribute to all soldiers lost on D-Day.
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