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| Operation Neptune | |||||||||
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| Part of Operation Overlord, Battle of Normandy | |||||||||
 U.S. Army troops wade ashore on Omaha Beach during the landings, 6 June 1944 |
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
 United Kingdom United States Canada Free France Poland Norway Australia |
 Germany |
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| Commanders | |||||||||
| Dwight D. Eisenhower Bernard Montgomery Omar Bradley Trafford Leigh-Mallory Arthur Tedder Miles Dempsey Bertram Ramsay |
Gerd von Rundstedt Erwin Rommel Friedrich Dollmann Hans von Salmuth Wilhelm Falley † |
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| 175,000 | unknown | ||||||||
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| Total allied casualties (killed, wounded, missing, or captured) are estimated at approximately 10,000. These comprised:[1][2] United States–6,603, of which 2,499 fatal. United Kingdom–2,700. Canada–1,074, of which 359 fatal. |
Estimated between 4,000 and 9,000 casualties [3] | ||||||||
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The Normandy landings were the landing operations of the Allied invasion of Normandy, also known as Operation Neptune and Operation Overlord, during World War II. The landings commenced on Tuesday, 6 June 1944 (D-Day), beginning at 6:30 AM British Double Summer Time (UTC+2). In planning, D-Day was the term used for the day of actual landing, which was dependent on final approval.
The assault was conducted in two phases: an air assault landing of 24,000 American, British, Canadian and Free French airborne troops shortly after midnight, and an amphibious landing of Allied infantry and armoured divisions on the coast of France commencing at 6:30 AM. There were also subsidiary ‘attacks’ mounted under the codenames Operation Glimmer and Operation Taxable to distract the German forces from the real landing areas.[4]
The operation was the largest amphibious invasion of all time, with over 160,000[5] troops landing on 6 June 1944. 195,700[6] Allied naval and merchant navy personnel in over 5,000[5] ships were involved. The invasion required the transport of soldiers and material from the United Kingdom by troop-laden aircraft and ships, the assault landings, air support, naval interdiction of the English Channel and naval fire-support. The landings took place along a 50-mile (80 km) stretch of the Normandy coast divided into five sectors: Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno and Sword.
Remarks by the President at the Acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize
“So yes, the instruments of war do have a role to play in preserving the peace. And yet this truth must coexist with another — that no matter how justified, war promises human tragedy. The soldier’s courage and sacrifice is full of glory, expressing devotion to country, to cause, to comrades in arms. But war itself is never glorious, and we must never trumpet it as such.”
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