On June 6, 1944, >5,000 Allied ships, supported by 13,000 airplanes performed the largest amphibious landing in the history of warfare. Code-named Operation Overlord, the invasion of ~50 miles of beach in Normandy France signaled the beginning of the tough campaign to liberate Nazi-occupied Europe.
By August 1944, northern France was liberated; in June 1945 Nazi Germany surrendered.
The losses on both sides were staggering: 216,000 German and 209,000 Allied troops were killed, wounded or missing during the Battle of Normandy with an additional 16,714 deaths of Allied airmen.
WARNING: this clip from the film Saving Private Ryan is a gruesome, vivid depiction of the landing on Omaha Beach.
Typo – it was Operation Overelord, although it was overloaded.
First Wave at Omaha Beach
An account of the “epic human tragedy” that unfolded when Allied troops landed on the shores of Normandy on D-Day
S. L. A. MARSHALL
THE ATLANTIC NOVEMBER 1960 ISSUE
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1960/11/first-wave-at-omaha-beach/303365/
Ten Weapons that made D-Day possible
https://www.historyandheadlines.com/10-weapons-made-d-day-possible/
https://www.realclearhistory.com/articles/2018/11/05/82nd_airbornes_stunning_1-day_kia_at_normandy_379.html
https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/7-clever-innovations-used-on-d-day
https://www.military.com/history/how-make-doughnut-followed-us-troops-world-war-i-d-day-and-beyond.html