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Normandie, französisch, ist eine französische Region. Vorläuferinnen bestehen seit 996 n. Chr. als historische Provinzen im Norden Frankreichs. Das Gebiet gliedert sich in das untere Seinegebiet nordwestlich von Paris und das Land in Richtung Westen mit der Halbinsel Cotentin. Zum Herzogtum Normandie gehörten auch die Kanalinseln; heute ...
Normandy comprises mainland Normandy (a part of France) and insular Normandy (mostly the British Channel Islands). It covers 30,627 square kilometres (11,825 sq mi). Its population in 2017 was 3,499,280. The inhabitants of Normandy are known as Normans; the region is the historic homeland of the Norman language.
The Normandy landings were the landing operations and associated airborne 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 is the largest seaborne invasion in history.
- 6 June 1944
- Allied victory [8]
Modern history. 18th and 19th centuries. Second World War. See also. References. External links. History of Normandy. The coat of arms of Normandy. Normandy was a province in the North-West of what later became France under the Ancien Régime which lasted until the later part of the 18th century.
The Normandy Invasion was the Allied invasion of western Europe during World War II. It was launched on June 6, 1944 (D-Day), with the simultaneous landing of U.S., British, and Canadian forces on five separate beachheads in Normandy, France. The success of the landings would play a key role in the defeat of the Nazi’s Third Reich.
Operation Overlord was the codename for the Battle of Normandy, the Allied operation that launched the successful liberation of German-occupied Western Europe during World War II. The operation was launched on 6 June 1944 ( D-Day) with the Normandy landings (Operation Neptune).
It covers 30,627 square kilometres (11,825 sq mi), [5] comprising roughly 5% of the territory of metropolitan France. Its population of 3,322,757 accounts for around 5% of the population of France. The inhabitants of Normandy are known as Normans, and the region is the historic homeland of the Norman language.
