Operation Overlord/Definition

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A definition or brief description of Operation Overlord.

Allied code name for general operations in northern and western Europe in 1944; successor to the series of Operation BOLERO, Operation SLEDGEHAMMER, and Operation ROUNDUP. It was not restricted to the Normandy invasion proper, which was a subset of OVERLORD codenamed Operation NEPTUNE