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Normandy landings

Normandy landings was a battle fought on 6 June 1944 at Normandy, in what is now France; it lasted 3 months. It was part of the Invasion of Normandy. The recorded result: Allied victory. Recorded strength: 156,115 soldiers; 195,700 naval personnel; ~5,000 ships against 50,350+; 170 coastal artillery guns.

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A LCVP (Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel) from the U.S. Coast Guard-manned USS Samuel Chase disembarks troops of Company A, 16th Infantry, 1st Infantry Division (the Big Red One) wading onto the Fox
A LCVP (Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel) from the U.S. Coast Guard-manned USS Samuel Chase disembarks troops of Company A, 16th Infantry, 1st Infantry Division (the Big Red One) wading onto the Fox . Chief Photographer's Mate (CPHoM) Robert F. Sargent, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought6 June 1944lasted 3 months
WhereNormandy, France49.340N, 0.600W
OutcomeAllied victory
BelligerentsAllies: United Kingdom; United States; Canada; Provisional Government of the French Republic; Australia; Czechoslovak government-in-exile; Poland; Dutch government-in-exile; Norway; Dominion of New Zealand; Greek government-in-exile; Union of South Africa; Southern RhodesiaagainstNazi Germany
Part ofInvasion of Normandy1944

Where it sits in the Invasion of Normandy

Battle of Graignes, 1944Operation Tonga, 1944Normandy landings, 1944Brécourt Manor Assault, 1944American airborne landings in Normandy, 1944Battle of Port-en-Bessin, 1944Battle of Ushant, 1944Battle of Douvres Radar Station, 194419441944Normandy landings, 1944
8 placed engagements of the Invasion of Normandy in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date6 June 1944
to 29 August 1944
PlaceNormandy, France
49.340N, 0.600W
KindBattle, interwar and Second World War
Territorial changeFive Allied beachheads established in Normandy
Strength156,115 soldiers; 195,700 naval personnel; ~5,000 ships50,350+; 170 coastal artillery guns
Commanders
Normandy landingsNormandy landingsSiege of Bayeux (1417)Battle of Port-en-BessinBattle of Douvres Radar StationBattle of Le Mesnil-PatryBattle of FormignyBattle of Le Mesnil-PatryBattle of FormignyLe HavreCaenCherbourgDieppeSt.-Brieuc100 km49.340N, 0.600W
The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

The ground today

Relief of the ground around the site of Normandy landings
Relief within about 10.0 km of the site, contours every 10 m. Copernicus DEM GLO-30, ESA.
Satellite view of the site of Normandy landings today
The same ground from Sentinel-2 on 2025-04-02. Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2025.

The recorded site stands at about 5 m; within 10.0 km the ground runs from -1 to 84 m, 85 m of relief, gently rolling country and today it is 47% water, 30% cropland, 14% grassland.

water: 47%cropland: 30%grassland: 14%tree cover: 6%built-up: 3%water 47%cropland 30%grassland 14%tree cover 6%built-up 3%
west to east, 10.0 km3 to 60 mnorth to south, 10.0 km0 to 66 m
Elevation from the Copernicus DEM GLO-30 (ESA, Airbus); land cover from ESA WorldCover 2021 (CC BY 4.0), within about 5 km of the recorded site. Computed, not recorded.

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Elsewhere in 1944

Normandy landings is one of 2,997 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 1,383 in present-day France.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q16470, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Normandy landings, revision 1384190195, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.