A detailed overview of the D-Day invasion area during the Normandy landings. Get a good perspective from this declassified map from June 6 1944

In the summer of 1944, the Allied powers in World War II took the fight against Adolf Hitler directly to France. Planned for more than two years, the D-Day offensive was a full-scale...

Shows World-War-II Normandy invasion routes. Panel title. Title at upper left: Normandy Invasion. Text, 2 local maps, and ill. (some col.) on verso. "PIN:071754-000." Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Battle and campaign maps of World War II on the Western Front from D-Day to the capture of Caen in Normandy.

This is a map of Normandy on the day of the Normandy Landing or D-Day invasion. It comes from the larger Library of Congress collection of the Twelfth Army Group Situation Maps which together cover the period of time between June of 1944 and July of 1945.

This collection contains maps showing troop positions beginning on June 6, 1944 to July 26, 1945. Starting with the D-Day Invasion, the maps give daily details on the military campaigns in Western Europe, showing the progress of the Allied Forces as they push towards Germany.

Overview map of the Normandy Invasion on June 6, 1914 during World War II: 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.

Starting with the D-Day Invasion, the maps give daily details on the military campaigns in Western Europe, showing the progress of the Allied Forces as they push towards Germany. – https://www.loc.gov/collections/world-war-ii-maps-military-situation-maps-from-1944-to-1945

Code named Operation Overlord, the Battle of Normandy began on June 6th, 1944, with the initial landings (code named Operation Neptune - now known as D-Day). This massive invasion of Northern France was a cornerstone of the war, and dealt a major blow to Nazi Germany.

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