Invasion of France (1944)

Invasion Of France (1944)

Western European Campaign may refer to numerous World War II pages associated with the Normandy Campaign's 1944 Invasion of France and the subsequent campaigns.

• Western European Campaign (1944-1945), the Western European Theatre operations starting with Overlord's March 6 bombings until the start of the Central European Campaign on February 8
  • North West Europe Campaign, 2 British/Commonwealth land campaigns including the North-West Europe Campaign of 1940 (Invasion of France through Dunkirk evacuation)
    • North-West Europe Campaign of 1944–1945, the northern British/Commonwealth portion of the Western European Campaign (1944-1945)
      • Battle of Normandy, the official term for the British and Canadian campaign from Normandy on June 6 to Nord-Pas-de-Calais on September 1
        • Australian contribution to the Battle of Normandy
      • NW Europe campaign command tenures
  • Normandy Campaign (Battle for Normandy), codenamed Operation Overlord, the Western Allied operations through August 25, 1944, for the WWII Liberation of France
    • Bombing of Normandy, the March 6 - late August 1944 Allied aerial offensive of Operation Overlord executed before the invasion under the Transportation Plan (initially "Overlord air plan")
    • Invasion of Normandy (The battle of Normandy), the portion of Operation Overlord from June 6 until the mid-July breakout from the Normandy bridgehead
      • Normandy landings, codenamed Operation Neptune, June 5-6 operations including aerial flights for inland airborne landings (e.g., Operation Dingson) prior to the 6:30 am beach landings
        • D-Day (D-Day World War II), codename of the day of landings including those at Cherbourg and 5 Normandy beaches (codenamed Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno, Sword)
        • Battle of Cherbourg, the June 6-30 operations with US landings west of the Normandy beaches
          • Battle of Bloody Gulch, a June 13 US engagement at Carentan
        • Battle of Pointe du Hoc on an outcropping between Utah and Omaha beaches
      • American airborne landings in Normandy, June 6-July 13
        • Brécourt Manor Assault, the June 6 parachute assault on Le Grand Chemin
        • Order of battle for the American airborne landings in Normandy
    • Normandy breakout campaign, the post-invasion Overlord offensives by the Second Army (United Kingdom), the First Canadian Army, and a U.S. Army
      • Operation Cobra, the July 25-31 Normandy breakout advance by the First United States Army
        • Battle of saint lo in Lower Normandy during Operation Cobra
    • "battle of Falaise pocket", the August 12-21 "decisive engagement" of the Normandy Campaign
    • U.S. Divisions Active in the Normandy Campaign
  • Allied advance from Paris to the Rhine (Drive to the Siegfried Line), the Siegfried Line Campaign portion of the Western European Campaign after the Normandy Campaign ended on August 25
    • Lorraine Campaign, the September 1-December 18 operations by the Third United States Army
    • Operation Market Garden, September 17-25 airborne operations in the Netherlands and Germany
    • Battle of Hürtgen Forest, September 19-February 8
    • Battle of the Bulge (Ardennes Offensive), December 16-January 25 German counteroffensive