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).
1944: D-Day marks start of Europe invasion. Thousands of Allied troops have begun landing on the beaches of Normandy in northern France at the start of a major offensive against the Germans. Thousands of paratroops and glider-borne troops have also been dropped behind enemy lines and the Allies are already said to have penetrated several miles inland.