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The Allied Forces' D-Day landings in France in June 1944 took place on a scale which is almost impossible to imagine.

Known as Operation Overlord, the Normandy landings were the first phase of the Allied invasion of Nazi-occupied Europe.

Hitler and the German High Command bit on the deception of Operation Fortitude and the results were successful Allied landings on the Norman Coast of France in 1944.

From the charming port town of Honfleur in the East to magical Mont St-Michel in the West, the coast of Basse Normandy is ideal for a family holiday in France.

The 4th Infantry Division landed in France on D-Day and fought until the end of World War II. And it lost more men than any other U.S. division in Europe.

U.S. Coast Guard Amphibious Operations started at Culebra, Puerto Rico in February 1935 and ended ten and a half years later on Japan's devastated shores in August 1945.

Operation Overlord is the code name given to the preparations and execution of the invasion of Normandy, France during World War II.