Map description. The map shows the southern coast of England and the northern coast of France. A box around the coast near Bayeux reflects a zoomed-in box in the cover of the map, showing...

By 1944, over 2 million troops from over 12 countries were in Britain in preparation for the invasion. On D-Day, Allied forces consisted primarily of American, British and Canadian troops but also included Australian, Belgian, Czech, Dutch, French, Greek, New Zealand, Norwegian, Rhodesian and Polish naval, air or ground support.

By 1944 Britain (and its empire), the USA and France were ready to open a second front against Nazi Germany, to liberate Western Europe. After months of planning, Operation Overlord began on...

2024年6月6日 · The map above shows the 5 beaches in Normandy where American, British and Canadian soldiers landed on D-Day (June, 6th 1944) and how far they advanced by the end of the first day. The D-Day landings themselves were codenamed Operation Neptune and remain the largest seaborne invasion in history.

This map gives an overview of the Normandy Invasion on June 6, 1944. The map shows the English Channel with the United Kingdom to the north and northern France to the south. The southern United Kingdom shows the Allied embarkation areas, and northern France shows the location of various German divisions.

On June 6, 1944, the Allied forces launched Operation Overlord, better known as D-Day, in which it sent tens of thousands of troops across the English Channel to invade Normandy and begin the...

We have collated the most popular and most interesting places to visit and added the locations of the events told in our collection of veterans' personal stories. Zoom and drag the map to explore different locations. When you click on an icon, you will see Google Map information and a link to any sites featured in our Guide of Places to Visit.

Each resource links to the D-Day Map and collects together the relevant primary sources available through the National Museum of the Royal Navy collections portal. These resources are ideal for KS2 and KS3 and link to the national curriculum and historical enquiry

Sword was the codename of one of the five landing beaches used during the Allied invasion of Normandy on 6 June 1944. On D-Day the 3rd Infantry Division, the 27th Armoured Brigade and elements of 79th Armoured Division landed at Sword. One of five maps relating to D-Day, Operation OVERLORD, World War Two (1939-45).

Object courtesy of The D-Day Story, Portsmouth. This map shows the area around Portsmouth and Gosport in Hampshire, known as Marshalling Area A. “Marshalling” referred to the process of moving troops close to the points on the coast where they would board ships and landing craft that would take them to Normandy.