D-Day – 6 June 1944 – Simplified Timeline
Simplified timeline of D-Day – 6 June 1944 or Operation Neptune, the code name of the naval operations or assault and first phase of the Battle of Normandy
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Sword Beach – British Landing Sector – WWII
The D-Day assault on Sword Beach, the easternmost of the 5 Normandy landing beaches, was assigned to the British 3rd Infantry Div. and Cdr Kieffer’s Commandos
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Omaha Beach – Deadliest Assault on D-Day
The landing on Omaha Beach, sadly one of the deadliest assaults on D-Day, was assigned to the untested US 29th Infantry Division assisted of US Army Rangers
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Gold Beach – British Landing Sector – WWII
The D-Day assault on Gold Beach was assigned to the 2nd British Army’s British 50th Northumbrian Infantry Division supported by the 8th Armoured Brigade
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Juno Beach – Canadian Landing Sector – WWII
D-Day assault on Juno Beach was assigned to units of the Canadian 3rd Infantry Division aided by specialized engineering tanks from the 79th Armored Div.
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La Fière Memorial Park and Battle – WWII
Iron Mike, the bronze statue of a paratrooper overlooks La Fiere Memorial Park founded to pay tribute to the US 82nd Airborne Divisions who landed on D-Day
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Pointe du Hoc – US Rangers Monument – WWII
The Pointe du Hoc German battery, an unassailable rocky spur located between Omaha and Utah beaches, was eventually seized by the US Rangers on D-Day
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Sainte Mère Eglise – US Paratroopers – WWII
Sainte Mère Eglise, seized by the US 505th PIR and made famous with the film The Longest Day showing paratrooper John Steele hanging from the church steeple
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Utah Beach – American Landing Sector – WWII
The D-Day assault on Utah Beach, the westernmost of the five Normandy landing beaches, was assigned to the US 4th Infantry Division
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Liberty Road – Milestone 00 – Utah Beach
Liberty Road, a lasting commemoration of the breakthrough in Cotentin by General Patton’s 3rd US Army and French 2nd DB during Operation Cobra in July 1944
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World Peace Statue – Grandcamp-Maisy – WWII
The World Peace Statue in Grandcamp-Maisy, a gift from the Chinese sculptor Yao Yuan to celebrate the 60th Anniversary of the Normandy Landings
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Moroccan Division Memorial – Vimy
The 1st Moroccan Division Memorial pays tribute to the Zouaves and French Foreign Legion soldiers who fleetingly seized Vimy Ridge on May 9, 1915
