D-Day and the Normandy landings on June 6th 1944

Complete presentation of the Allied offensive in Normandy

This section allows you to discover the Normandy landings of June 6, 1944 – Operation Overlord – from every angle: its origins, preparations, precise proceedings, testimonies, figures and consequences for all belligerents. Tactical files and reflections enrich this subject, as well as unpublished documents from archives.

The origins of the Normandy landing

Why a landing?

D-Day preparations

Preliminary operations

French Resistance in Normandy

The Atlantic Wall in Normandy

German forces in Western Europe

D-Day course in Normandy

Additional documents on D-Day

Veterans testimonies

D-Day figures

Normandy landing files

D-Day ground forces

Chains of command

Artificial harbors in Normandy