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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.  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 200,000 men, 9,000 planes, and 5,000 ships.

The landings were originally scheduled for June 5, but bad weather and heavy cloud cover on June 4 forced General [[Eisenhower]] to postpone the attack. The next day, the weather had not improved much, but the Allied commanders decided that a delay would be too costly.

The landings were originally scheduled for June 5, but bad weather and heavy cloud cover on June 4 forced General [[Eisenhower]] to postpone the attack. The next day, the weather had not improved much, but the Allied commanders decided that a delay would be too costly.