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The Normandy Invasion On June 6, 1944, the Invasion of Normandy began. Other names for this were D-Day, and Operation Overlord. Operation Overlord was the code name for the most popular command in the war. This was the invasion force that was to cross the English Channel, land in France, and push on into Germany. The Germans were holding their ground, not backing down, and the footholds for Allied armies were not nearly as good as they …

…command unless his plan, called the Transportation Plan, was accepted. Throughout the months of April and May, Allied bombers attacked railroad targets left and right. By June, northern France had been isolated. It was necessary to isolate a large area so that the Germans would not guess that Normandy was the selected landing site. Two-thirds of the bombs were dropped outside the invasion area to mislead the Germans and keep them from shifting their troops.