D-Day, June 6, 1944
On June 6, 1944, 160,000 Allied troops landed along a 50-mile stretch of heavily-fortified French coastline to fight Nazi Germany on the beaches of Normandy, France. General Dwight D. Eisenhower called the operation a crusade in which "we will accept nothing less than full victory." More than 5,000 ships and 13,000 aircraft supported the D-Day invasion, and by day's end on June 6, the Allies gained a foot- hold in Normandy. The D-Day cost was high -- more than 9,000 Allied Soldiers were killed or wounded -- but more than 100,000 Soldiers began the march across Europe to defeat Hitler.
Learn the story of the Normandy Campaign from D-Day through the liberation at Paris through the American Battle Monuments Commission's interactive presentation or visit the Army's official D-Day page. More photos, audio stories, and videos of this year's events are also available on the EUCOM Facebook page.
2012 D-Day commemoration schedule:
June 1 10:30 a.m. Ceremony in Picauville
June 2
June 3 |
June 4 10 a.m. - Ceremony in Gourbesville 11 a.m. - Ceremony in Amfreville 2 p.m. - Ceremony in Bouville 5 p.m. - Ceremony in Carentan 5 p.m. - Ceremony in Montebourg
June 5
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