Pendaratan Normandia

Pendaratan Normandia, kode nama Operasi Neptune, adalah operasi pendaratan Blok Sekutu ketika Invasi Normandia sebagai bagian dari Operasi Overlord, saat Perang Dunia II. Pendaratan ini dilakukan pada hari Selasa, 6 Juni 1944 (D-Day), jam 6:30 pagi waktu British Double Summer Time (GMT+2).

Operasi Neptune
Bagian dari Operasi Overlord, Pertempuran Normandia
Pendaratan tentara A.S. di Pantai Omaha, 6 Juni 1944.
Lokasi Normandia, Prancis Hasil Kemenangan Blok Sekutu
Pihak terlibat
Britania Raya Amerika Serikat Kanada Pasukan Kemerdekaan Prancis Polandia Norwegia Australia Selandia Baru Belanda Belgia Cekoslowakia	Jerman
Tokoh dan pemimpin
Dwight D. Eisenhower Bernard Montgomery Omar Bradley Trafford Leigh-Mallory Arthur Tedder Miles Dempsey Bertram Ramsay	Gerd von Rundstedt Erwin Rommel Leo Geyr von Schweppenburg Friedrich Dollmann Hans von Salmuth Wilhelm Falley †
Pasukan
Tentara Pertama Pantai Omaha: V Corps Divisi Infanteri ke-1 Divisi Infanteri ke-29 Pantai Utah: Korps VII Divisi Infanteri ke-4 Divisi Lintas Udara ke-82 Divisi Infanteri ke-90 Divisi Lintas Udara ke-101 Tentara Kedua Pantai Emas XXX Corps Divisi Infanteri ke-50 Pantai Juno Korps I Divisi Infanteri Kanada ke-3 Pantai Sword I Corps Divisi Infanteri ke-3 Divisi Lintas Udara ke-6	Tentara Panzer ke-5 Selatan Caen Divisi Panzer ke-21 Tentara ke-7 Omaha Divisi Infanteri ke-352 Pantai Utah 709th Static Division Gold, Juno, and Sword Divisi Statis ke-709
Kekuatan
156.000 tentara 195.700 personel angkatan laut	50,350+ 170 senjata artileri pantai. Termasuk senjata dari 100mm hingga 210mm, serta peluncur roket 320mm.
Korban
10.000+ korban; 4.414 dipastikan tewas 185 M4 Sherman tanks	4,000-9,000 korban

Pendaratan ini dilakukan dalam 2 fase: pendaratan 24.000 tentara Inggris, Amerika, dan Kanada tepat setelah tengah malam dan pendaratan amfibi pasukan Sekutu di pantai Prancis jam 6.30 pagi.

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Pranala luar

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