Normandy Invasion:

The Normandy invasion was a series of landings by the Allies on the beaches of Normandy, in northern France, that began on June 6, 1944. The invasion was preceded by systematic bombing of the railways in northern France to prevent the German army from immediately receiving reinforcements. Even though Hitler's plan for dealing with the Normandy invasion was to swiftly expel the Allied forces from the beaches, Rommel could not mobilize his already limited forces against the Allies quickly enough. Also, the Allies had a much more powerful air force than the Germans, and Hitler refused to send Rommel any reinforcements from other areas of France, suspecting the Normandy Invasion to be a diversionary tactic. As a result, the Normandy invasion was almost a complete success in securing a foothold in France from which the Allies could launch their continental counteroffensive of over 800,000 men and over 100,000 vehicles against Germany.

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