노르망디 상륙작전 (1944.6.6)

노르망디 상륙은 제2차 세계 대전 중 연합군의 오버로드 작전의 일환으로서 1944년 6월 6일 D데이에 실시된 상륙작전이다. 암호명은 넵튠 작전.역사상 가장 큰 규모의 상륙작전이었던 노르망디 상륙은 나치 독일이 점령하고 있던 북서 유럽 해방의 시작이었으며, 서부 전선에서 연합군의 승리에 크게 기여한 전투가 되었다.

Normandy landings (1944.6.6)

The Normandy landings were the landing operations on Tuesday, 6 June 1944 of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during World War II. Codenamed Operation Neptune and often referred to as D-Day, it was the largest seaborne invasion in history. The operation began the liberation of German-occupied northwestern Europe from Nazi control, and laid the foundations of the Allied victory on the Western Front.

Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial

On June 8, 1944, the 607th Quartermaster Graves Registration Company of the U.S. First Army established the temporary cemetery, the first American cemetery on French soil in World War II. After the war, the present-day cemetery was established a short distance to the east of the original site. It was dedicated on July 19, 1956, in the presence of American Admiral Kinkaid of the U.S. Navy, representing President Dwight D. Eisenhower, and French General Ganeval, representing President René Coty