<Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Invasion of Normandy </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Part of Operation Overlord (World War II) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Into the Jaws of Death by Robert F. Sargent . Assault craft land one of the first waves at Omaha Beach . The U.S. Coast Guard caption identifies the unit as Company E, 16th Infantry, 1st Infantry Division . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Date </Th> <Td> 6 June 1944--mid-July 1944 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Location </Th> <Td> Normandy, France Coordinates: 49 ° 20 ′ N 0 ° 34 ′ W ﻿ / ﻿ 49.333 ° N 0.567 ° W ﻿ / 49.333; - 0.567 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Result </Th> <Td> Allied victory </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Territorial changes </Th> <Td> German army retreats east towards Paris </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Belligerents </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <P> Allies </P> United Kingdom United States Canada Free France Polish armed forces in the West Australia Free Belgian Forces New Zealand Dutch government - in - exile Norwegian government - in - exile Free Czechoslovak Forces Free Luxembourgish Forces Greek government - in - exile </Td> <Td> <P> Axis </P> Germany </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Commanders and leaders </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <P> Dwight D. Eisenhower (Supreme Allied Commander) Arthur Tedder (Deputy Supreme Allied Commander) Bernard Montgomery (21st Army Group, Ground Forces Commander in Chief) Trafford Leigh - Mallory (Air Commander in Chief) Bertram Ramsay (Naval Commander in Chief) Miles Dempsey (British 2nd Army) </P> Omar Bradley (U.S. 1st Army) </Td> <Td> Gerd von Rundstedt (Oberbefehlshaber West) Erwin Rommel (Heeresgruppe B) Friedrich Dollmann (7 Armeeoberkommando) Leo Geyr von Schweppenburg (Panzergruppe West) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Strength </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1,332,000 (by 24 July) </Td> <Td> 380,000 (by 23 July) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Casualties and losses </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> by 24 July: ≈ 120,000 casualties </Td> <Td> by 24 July: 113,059 casualties </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Invasion of Normandy </Th> </Tr>

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