Keywords D-Day, World War II, Eisenhower, Operation Overlord, Allied invasion, Normandy, German defenses, Omaha Beach, military strategy, June 6, 1944 Email us at [email protected] if you have ...

4th June 1944 bound for the D-Day landing on Omaha Beach in Normandy). Most of them fought across the German beachfront defenses, supported by nearly 7,000 naval vessels and 11,000 Allied aircraft.