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

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

Games

 * Battles in Normandy, a computer game
 * Combat Mission: Battle for Normandy, a video game
 * D-Day (game), a board game
 * D-Day: The Great Crusade, a board game
 * D-Day (video game)
 * Secret Weapons Over Normandy, an arcade video game
 * The Longest Day (game), a board game
 * V for Victory: D-Day Utah Beach, a board game