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The '''Battle of Normandy''', which began on the night of 5-6 June 1944 with large-scale Allied ground assault on occupied [[France]], lasted for three months, with the liberation of the last Norman commune, Honfleur in Calvados, on 25 August 1944. <ref name=NM-libcomm>{{citation
| author = Normandie Mémoire
| url = http://www.normandiememoire.com/NM60Anglais/2_histo5/histo5_p4_gb.htm
|title = The liberation of the communes}}</ref>
==Planning structure==
There is much confusion about the proper terminology for the overall operation containing the battle, as well as its phases. [[Operation Overlord]] was the overall Allied campaign plan for operations in Northwest Europe in 1944.<ref name=Pogue1954-Ch9>{{citation
| title = The Supreme Command
| first = Forrest C. | last = Pogue
| year = 1954
| publisher = Office of the Chief of Military History
| contribution = Chapter IX: Final Preparations for the Invasion
| url = http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USA/USA-E-Supreme/USA-E-Supreme-9.html
}}</ref> Overlord was not the first plan for attacking across the English Channel; a series of contingency and serious proposals preceded it: a preparation phase, [[Operation BOLERO]], a 1942 contingency invasion, [[Operation SLEDGEHAMMER]], and a proposed 1943 invasion, [[Operation ROUNDUP]].<ref name=Cline1951-Ch9>{{citation
| title = Washington Command Post: The Operations Division
| author =  [[Ray Cline]]
| year = 1951
| publisher = Office of the Chief of Military History
| contribution = Chapter IX: Case History: Drafting the BOLERO Plan
| url = http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USA/USA-E-Supreme/USA-E-Supreme-9.html
}}</ref>
==Strategic deception==
Under the [[London Controlling Section]], the complex [[Plan BODYGUARD]] convinced [[Adolf Hitler]] that the main Allied invasion was most likely to come at the [[Pas de Calais]], or other locations other than Normandy. This belief led Hitler to refuse to release counterattack forces until after the beachhead was established.
==D-Day==
The actual landings in Normandy, commonly called '''D-Day''', were [[Operation NEPTUNE]]. They began with night [[paratroop]] and [[air assault|glider]] drops, and amphibious attacks after dawn.  "D-Day" was actually the generic term for the '''<u>D</u>'''ay of an operation; every amphibious operation had one.
===Airborne and special operations attacks===
 
===Amphibious attacks===
Five amphibious attacks, in division strength or greater, were made.
*[[Sword Beach]]
*[[Juno Beach]]
*[[Gold Beach]]
*[[Omaha Beach]]: [[1st Infantry Division (U.S.)]] and [[29th Infantry Division (U.S.)]]
*[[Utah Beach]]: 4th Infantry Division
 
===Tactical deception===
===Fire support===
==Breakout==
==References==
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