Allied forces launched Operation Overlord on June 6, 1944, code named D-Day, invading German-occupied northwestern France across the English Channel. General Dwight Eisenhower commanded the largest seaborne invasion in history with over 5,000 ships and 11,000 aircraft supporting the D-Day landings in Normandy. Although over 4,000 Allied troops were killed or wounded, the invasion was ultimately successful in liberating Western Europe from Nazi control by August 1944.

1. Wen Fang Chang
Adriana Mora
Ada Olvera
Paola Ortiz
Doménica Ronquillo

2.  From June to August
1944, the Allied
liberated Western
Europe from Nazi
Germany’s control.
 Codenamed Operation
Overlord was also
known as D-Day.

3.  Germany invaded and
occupied northwestern
France in May 1940.
 Allied plans for a
cross-Channel
invasion began to
ramp up.
 Erwin Rommel was
charge of
spearheading defense
operations in France
northern coast.

4.  General Dwight
Eisenhower was
commander of
Operation Overlord.
 the Allies intended
to make the Germans
think the main
invasion target was
Pas-de-Calais, and
other locations were
also potential
invasion targets.

5.  Bad weather caused
the invasion to be
delayed for 24 hours.
 More than 5,000 ships
and landing craft
were sent to across
the Channel to
France.
 More than 11,000
aircraft were
mobilized to provide
air cover and support
for the invasion.

6.  More than 4,000
Allied troops lost
their lives, with
thousands more
wounded or
missing.
 the Allies had
seized the vital
port of Cherbourg,
landed many men
and vehicles in
Normandy.

7.  By the end of
August 1944, Paris
was liberated from
Germans.
 On May 8, 1945, the
Allies formally
accepted the
unconditional
surrender of Nazi
Germany.