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Operation Overlord was the code name for the Battle of Normandy, the Allied operation that launched the successful invasion of German-occupied western Europe during World War II. The operation commenced on 6 June 1944 with the Normandy landings (Operation Neptune, commonly known as D-Day). A 1,200-plane airborne assault preceded an amphibious assault involving more than 5,000 vessels.

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  • Operation Overlord was the code name for the Battle of Normandy, the Allied operation that launched the successful invasion of German-occupied western Europe during World War II. The operation commenced on 6 June 1944 with the Normandy landings (Operation Neptune, commonly known as D-Day). A 1,200-plane airborne assault preceded an amphibious assault involving more than 5,000 vessels.
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  • Operation Overlord
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  • * 225,606 to 226,386 casualties
  • * 4,101 planes
  • * ~4,000 tanks
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  • Free Belgian Forces
  • Free Czechoslovak Forces
  • French Resistance
  • Free Dutch Forces
  • Free French Forces
  • Free Greek Forces
  • Free Luxembourgish Forces
  • Free Norwegian Forces
  • Free Polish Forces
  • Western Allies:
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  • Decisive Allied victory
strength
  • * 1,452,000 troops (by 25 July)
  • * 2,052,299 (by the end of August)
  • * 2,200
  • * 380,000 troops (by 23 July)
  • – 1,000,000+
  • – ~2,300 tanks and assault guns
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