Invasion of Europe

Invasion of Normandy
Part of Operation Overlord (World War II)
Into the Jaws of Death by Robert F. Sargent. Assault craft land one of the first waves at Omaha Beach. The U.S. Coast Guard caption identifies the unit as Company E, 16th Infantry, 1st Infantry Division.
Date 6 June 1944 – mid-July 1944 Location Normandy, France Coordinates: 49°20′N 0°34′W / 49.333°N 0.567°W / 49.333; -0.567 Result Allied victory German army retreat's south towards Paris
Belligerents
Allies  United Kingdom  United States  Canada  Free France Poland  Australia Free Belgian Forces  New Zealand  Netherlands  Norway Free Czechoslovak Forces  Greece	Axis  Nazi Germany
Commanders and leaders
Dwight D. Eisenhower (Supreme Allied Commander) Arthur Tedder (Deputy Supreme Allied Commander) Bernard Montgomery (21st Army Group, Ground Forces Commander in Chief) Trafford Leigh-Mallory (Air Commander in Chief) Bertram Ramsay (Naval Commander in Chief) Miles Dempsey (British 2nd Army) Omar Bradley (U.S. 1st Army)	Gerd von Rundstedt (Oberbefehlshaber West) Erwin Rommel (Heeresgruppe B) Friedrich Dollmann (7 Armeeoberkommando) Leo Geyr von Schweppenburg (Panzergruppe West)
Strength
1,332,000 (by 24 July)	380,000 (by 23 July)
Casualties and losses
by 24 July: ≈120,000 casualties	by 24 July: 113,059 casualties

Allied victory

Allies

Axis

Dwight D. Eisenhower
(Supreme Allied Commander)
Arthur Tedder (Deputy Supreme Allied Commander)
Bernard Montgomery (21st Army Group, Ground Forces Commander in Chief)
Trafford Leigh-Mallory (Air Commander in Chief)
Bertram Ramsay (Naval Commander in Chief)

Miles Dempsey (British 2nd Army)

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