Allied Establishments and Battlefields in Normandy
- Advanced Landing Grounds in Normandy, 12 airfields built from June 6-July 13
- Normandy bridgehead, the broad area of the "Allied establishment in France" from which the breakout was staged
- Normandy beachhead, the initial battle line established on June 6 for subsequent inland military operations
- Mulberry harbours, the prefabricated structures towed to near the Normandy beaches for use as resupply points
- Bombardon Breakwaters, floating outer breakwaters for the harbours
- Phoenix breakwaters, reinforced concrete caissons used for the harbours
- Operation Pluto, codename for the Overlord operation that included laying undersea pipeline beginning on August 12
- Western Front (World War II) or Second Front, the line of battle (battlefront) for the 1944 Liberation of France
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