facade. 1  Architecture. the front of a building, especially an imposing or decorative one. any side of a building facing a public way or space and finished accordingly. 2  a superficial appearance or illusion of something: They managed somehow to maintain a facade of wealth.
Operation Overlord. 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 was launched on 6 June 1944 with the Normandy landings (Operation Neptune, commonly known as D-Day).
The Normandy American Cemetery, overlooking Omaha Beach and the English Channel, was established on June 8, 1944, as the first U.S. cemetery in Europe during World War II. It holds the graves of more than 9,300 U.S. servicemen who died in the D-Day invasion or subsequent missions. In January 1944, General Dwight Eisenhower (1890-1969) was appointed commander of Operation Overlord.