So exactly what happened on D-Day and why was it such a turning point? Planning
Within a year of the landings, Adolf Hitler was dead and Germany had surrendered to the Allied forces, ending the Western theatre of the war. More than 150,000 troops landed on the coast of northern France as part of Operation Neptune - commonly known as D-Day on 6 June 1944, as part of the most ambitious seaborne invasion in history. Battles took place at five separate locations along the 60-mile coast, with thousands of fatalities on both sides.ĭespite the enormous human cost, D-Day was ultimately an Allied victory and marked the start of Operation Overlord, which drove the Nazis from northwest Europe in June 1944. Macron will then join Trump at the American cemetery at Colleville-sur-Mer where he will award the Legion of Honour, France’s highest distinction, to five American veterans aged between 94 and 100. In what will be one of her last official engagements as prime minister, May will then travel to France on Thursday to lay the foundation of the future British Normandy Memorial with French President Emmanuel Macron. Secret D-Day documents emerge for auction.
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