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[[Image:normandy.jpg|300px|thumb|right|American troops disembark under heavy fire at ''Omaha'', the code name for their section of the Normandy coastline]]

[[Image:normandy.jpg|300px|thumb|right|American troops disembark under heavy fire at ''Omaha'', the code name for their section of the Normandy coastline]]

'''Operation Overlord''', also known as the '''Normandy Invasion''' or simply '''D-Day''', was the code name for the Allied invasion of northern [[Europe]] in [[World War II]].  It began with the landings on the beaches of [[Normandy]] in northwestern France on June 6, 1944, and accomplished the largest amphibious invasion in the history of mankind, using 200,000 men, 9,000 planes, and 5,000 ships.

'''Operation Overlord''', also known as the '''Normandy Invasion''' or simply '''D-Day''', was the code name for the Allied invasion of northern [[Europe]] in [[World War II]].  It began with the landings on the beaches of [[Normandy]] in northwestern France on June 6, 1944, and accomplished the largest amphibious invasion in the history of mankind, using 5,000 ships, 9,000 planes, and 200,000 men. 

 

While Japanese and Native American's troops took part in the invasion force, the United States military remained [[segregated]] until 1947, [[homosexual]]s were barred from military service until 1993, and women were excluded from combat roles until the 1970s.  Bar far, the vast majority of the invasion that force were straight white males.

==Background==

==Background==