D-Day Events

1944 Jun 5
10:56PM
 Operation Tonga Begins
Operation Tonga was the codename given to the airborne operation undertaken by the British 6th Airborne Division between 5 June and 7 June 1944 as a part of Operation Overlord and the Nor...
1944 Jun 6 American Forces Land at Utah Beach through Operation Overlord
Utah Beach was the codename for the right flank or westernmost of the Allied landing beaches during the D-Day invasion of Normandy, as part of Operation Overlord on 6 June 1944. Utah was ...
1944 Jun 6 Americans Receive Word About D-Day
In the early morning hours of June 6, 1944, Americans received word that three years of concerted war efforts had finally culminated in D-day--military jargon for the undisclosed time of ...
1944 Jun 6
6:30AM
 American Forces Land at Omaha Beach through Operation Overlord
Omaha Beach is the code name for one of the main landing points of the Allied invasion of German-occupied France in the Normandy landings on June 6 1944, during World War II. The beach...
1944 Jun 6
6:30AM
 The Allied Invasion of Normandy Begins with the D-Day Landings
"Soldiers, sailors and airmen of the Allied Expeditionary Force. You are about to embark upon the great crusade, toward which we have striven these many months. The eyes of the world are u..." —Dwight D. Eisenhower
1944 Jun 6
7:10AM
 US Army Rangers Attack Pointe du Hoc through Operation Overlord
Pointe du Hoc is a clifftop location on the coast of Normandy in northern France. It lies 4 miles (6.4 km) west of Omaha Beach, and stands on 100 ft (30 m) tall cliffs overlooking the sea...
1944 Jun 6
7:25AM
 British and Free French Forces Land at Sword Beach in Operation Overlord
Sword Beach was the codename of one of the five main landing beaches in Operation Neptune, which was the initial assault phase of Operation Overlord (the Allied invasion of Normandy on 6 ...
1944 Jun 6
7:35AM
 British Forces Land at Gold Beach During Operation Overlord
Gold Beach was the code name for one of the central D-Day landing beaches that Allied forces used to invade German-occupied France on June 6, 1944, during World War II. Gold Beach lay ...
1944 Jun 6
7:55AM
 Canadian and British Forces Land at Juno Beach through Operation Overlord
Juno Beach was one of the five main landing sites of the Allied invasion of the coast of Normandy on D-Day during World War II. It was situated between Sword Beach and Gold Beach. It is...