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1. D-Day was the start of Operation 'Overlord' - the Allied invasion of Occupied Europe. EA 51048. Troops of the US 7th Corps wading ashore on Utah Beach. On D-Day, 6 June 1944, Allied forces launched a combined naval, air and land assault on Nazi-occupied France. Codenamed Operation 'Overlord', the Allied landings on the Normandy beaches marked the start of a long and costly campaign to liberate north-west Europe from German occupation.
Operation Overlord began with the invasion of France via the beaches of Normandy, which led to more than 10,000 casualties. The scale and scope of Operation Overlord and D-day cause the beaches in Normandy to be a favorite stop for tourists visiting Europe.