Wehrmacht, Waffen SS and Fallschirmjäger soldiers – Normandy 1944 August 2, 2017 Nicola World War Two, WW2, WW2 Combat Footage </p> <h2>Wehrmacht – Normandy 1944</h2> <p> Operation Overlord was the code name for the Battle of Normandy, the Allied operation that launched the successful invasion of German-occupied western Europe during World War II. The operation commenced on 6 June 1944 with the Normandy landings (Operation Neptune, commonly known as D-Day). A 1,200-plane airborne assault preceded an amphibious assault involving more than 5,000 vessels. Nearly 160,000 troops crossed the English Channel on 6 June, and more than two million Allied troops were in France by the end of August.</p> <p> Please support our Sponsors -
