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).
When the US entered the war in Europe where did the US attack first? In Europe, the first Americans to go into combat landed on North Africa in November 1942. At first, these forces fought along-side the British to defeat the Vichy French forceâ¦s. Then they moved east to join the fight against the Germans and Italians.