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Normandy

American

[nawr-muhn-dee] / ˈnɔr mən di /

noun

a region in N France along the English Channel: invaded and settled by Scandinavians in the 10th century, becoming a duchy in a.d. 911; later a province, the capital of which was Rouen; Allied invasion in World War II began here June 6, 1944.

Normandy British

/ ˈnɔːməndɪ /

noun

French name: Normandie. a former province of N France, on the English Channel: settled by Vikings under Rollo in the 10th century; scene of the Allied landings in 1944. Chief town: Rouen

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Shelley was a seaman gunner on the destroyer HMS Milne on D-Day and guarded troops going ashore during the Normandy landings in June 1944.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

You can see the sea of American crosses in Normandy.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 20, 2026

Troop carriers and gliders from Fairford were used for the Normandy landings on 6 June 1944.

From BBC • Mar. 2, 2026

Liebling, her replacement, covered World War II from Europe and Africa and witnessed the invasion of Normandy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 19, 2026

After the loss at Normandy, Adolf Hitler realized that an invasion of Germany was inevitable.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

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