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The #Normandy landings were the landing operations & associated airborne operations on 6 June 1944 of the Allied invasion of Normandy in #OperationOverlord during #WorldWar2. Codenamed #OperationNeptune & often referred to as #D_Day (after the military term), it is the largest seaborne #invasion in #history. The operation began the #liberation of #France & the rest of #WesternEurope, & laid the foundations for the #AlliedVictory on the #WesternFront
