Code: 2205 - German kneeling, rifle

Normandy (D-Day) Invasion

The Normandy Invasion was by the Allied Forces against the German Defenses:

Codename: Operation 'Overlord', was launched against five beaches on the Normandy Coast between the base of the Cotentin peninsula in the west and the Orne estuary in the east. Under supreme command of the American Gen Dwight D.Eisenhower, a force of over 5,000 ships and landing craft, 11,000 aircraft, 175,000 men, 1,500 tanks, 20,000 other vehicles and 3,000 artillery pieces crossed the Channel and began landing during the early morning of 6 June 1944.

The ground force was 21st Army Group - 2nd British (Gen Dempsey) and 1st US (Gen Bradley) Armies - under command of Gen Montgomery.

The British suffered about 3,000 casualities and by nightfall the bulk of the invasion force was ashore. Ref: Osprey Pub. Men -at -arms series, The British Army No.1

German Kneeling firing Rifle