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
Read more about this topic: Invasion Of France (1944)
Famous quotes containing the words allied and/or battlefields:
“Our security depends on the Allied Powers winning against aggressors. The Axis Powers intend to destroy democracy, it is anathema to them. We cannot provide that aid if the public are against it; therefore, it is our responsibility to persuade the public that aid to the victims of aggression is aid to American security. I expect the members of my administration to take every opportunity to speak to this issue wherever they are invited to address public forums in the weeks ahead.”
—Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945)
“Television brought the brutality of war into the comfort of the living room. Vietnam was lost in the living rooms of America—not on the battlefields of Vietnam.”
—Marshall McLuhan (1911–1980)