Magnet : D-Day / Overlord

The date of June 6, 1944 corresponds to the first day of the landing in Normandy by the Allied Forces. The Normandy landings (code name Operation Neptune), was an Allied amphibious and airborne military operation of World War II launched on the night of June 5-6, 1944.

The Battle of Normandy, codenamed Operation Overlord, was one of the great battles of the Second World War in the European military theater. It took place between June and August 1944 in Normandy, and enabled the Allies to open up a new front in Western Europe against the troops of the Third Reich.