What was the code name for the d day invasion?
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Operation Neptune
Exercise Tiger Normandy landings D-Day (military term)
 d day invasion
Normandy landings Invasion of Normandy Operation Overlord D-Day (military term) Invasion stripes Omaha Beach American airborne landings in Normandy Exercise Tiger National D-Day Memorial Mulberry harbour
The Normandy landings were the landing operations on Tuesday, 6 June 1944 of 
the Allied <b>invasion</b> of Normandy in Operation Overlord during World War II. 
Codenamed Operation Neptune and often referred to as <b>D</b>-<b>Day</b>, it was the largest 
seaborne <b>invasion</b> in history. Allied forces rehearsed their <b>D</b>-<b>Day</b> roles for months before the <b>invasion</b>. On 28 
April 1944, in south Devon on the English coast,&nbsp;... Allied <b>invasion</b> plan[edit]. <b>D</b>-<b>day</b> assault routes into Normandy. &quot;Overlord&quot; was the 
name assigned to the establishment&nbsp;... Battle plans for the Normandy <b>Invasion</b>, the most famous <b>D</b>-<b>Day</b>. In the military, <b>D</b>-
<b>Day</b> is the day on which a combat attack or operation is to be initiated. ... participating in the Normandy campaign showing the <b>D</b>-<b>Day invasion</b> stripes. A 
Spitfire PR.Mk.XIX displayed at an air show in 2008 with the black and white 
invasion stripes. Invasion stripes were alternating black and white bands painted 
on the fuselages and wings of&nbsp;... Kenneth P. Lord, a U.S. Army planner for the <b>D</b>-<b>Day invasion</b>, says that, upon 
hearing the naval gunfire support plan for Omaha, which limited support to one&nbsp;... The U.S. airborne landings in Normandy were the first U.S. combat operations 
during Operation Overlord, the <b>invasion</b> of Normandy ... Just ten days before <b>D</b>-
<b>Day</b>, a compromise was reached. Because of the heavier German presence, 
Bradley&nbsp;... Exercise Tiger, or Operation Tiger, was one of a series of large-scale rehearsals 
for the <b>D</b>-<b>Day invasion</b> of Normandy, which took place in April 1944 on Slapton&nbsp;... Thirty-four Virginia National Guard soldiers from the town of Bedford were part of 
<b>D</b>-<b>Day</b>. Nineteen of them were killed during the first day of the <b>invasion</b>, and&nbsp;... ... onto beaches during the Allied <b>invasion</b> of Normandy in June 1944. After the 
Allies successfully held beachheads following <b>D</b>-<b>Day</b>, two prefabricated harbours
&nbsp;...
Operation Neptune
Operation Overlord