What Is D-Day

D-Day

It was an invasion, the biggest one in history. It's a key date in the story of the second

world war. The whole operation was codenamed

Overlord. It happened on 6 June 1944 after five years of war with Germany.

A massive military force set out from England towards France. It was going to

overthrow Nazi Germany and its leader Adolf Hitler. The Nazis had taken over nearly the

whole of Europe.

It does not stand for anything. The "D" is derived from the word "Day". D-Day means the day on which a military operation begins, especially the allied landing in Normandy in WW2.

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D-Day ended on the day it started at midnight 1944

Countries Which Took Part In D-Day