<Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Operation Overlord </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Part of the Western Front of World War II </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> LCT with barrage balloons afloat, unloading supplies on Omaha for the break - out from Normandy . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Date </Th> <Td> 6 June--30 August 1944 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Location </Th> <Td> Northern France </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Result </Th> <Td> Allied victory </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Belligerents </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Western Allies </Li> <Li> United States </Li> <Li> United Kingdom </Li> <Li> Canada </Li> <Li> Free French Forces </Li> <Li> Polish Forces </Li> <Li> French Resistance </Li> <Li> Australia </Li> <Li> Free Belgian Forces </Li> <Li> Free Czechoslovak Forces </Li> <Li> Free Greek Forces </Li> <Li> Free Luxembourgish Forces </Li> <Li> Free Dutch Forces </Li> <Li> New Zealand </Li> <Li> Free Norwegian Forces </Li> <Li> Danish sailors </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> Germany </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Commanders and leaders </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Dwight D. Eisenhower (Supreme Allied Commander) </Li> <Li> Arthur Tedder (Deputy Supreme Allied Commander) </Li> <Li> Bernard Montgomery (Ground Forces Commander in Chief) </Li> <Li> Trafford Leigh - Mallory (Air Commander in Chief) </Li> <Li> Bertram Ramsay (Naval Commander in Chief) </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Gerd von Rundstedt (OB West) </Li> <Li> Erwin Rommel (Army Group B) </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Strength </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> 1,452,000 troops (by 25 July) </Li> <Li> 2,052,299 (by the end of August) </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> 380,000 troops (by 23 July) </Li> <Li> ~ 640,000 troops total </Li> <Li> 2,200--2,500 tanks and assault guns </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Casualties and losses </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> 226,386 casualties </Li> <Li> 4,101 aircraft </Li> <Li> ~ 4,000 tanks </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> <Ul> <Li> 288,695 to 530,000 casualties </Li> <Li> 2,127 aircraft </Li> <Li> 1,500 to 2,400 tanks and assault guns lost </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <P> Civilian deaths: </P> <Ul> <Li> 11,000--19,000 killed in pre-invasion bombing </Li> <Li> 13,632--19,890 killed during invasion </Li> <Li> Total: 25,000--39,000 killed </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Operation Overlord </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Part of the Western Front of World War II </Td> </Tr>

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