d day (ww2)

2. – The overall codename for the Allied invasion of Normandy.
4. – Soldiers who dropped from planes behind enemy lines the night before the beach landings.
5. – Along with Sword and Juno, this was one of the three British and Canadian landing beaches
7. – The westernmost landing beach, assigned to the U.S. 4th Infantry Division.
8. – The Supreme Allied Commander who gave the "Full Victory-nothing else" order.
10. – The Axis power that had occupied the region since 1940.
11. – The month in 1944 when the invasion occurred.

1. – The name for the prefabricated, portable floating harbors that were towed across the English Channel to help land supplies on the beaches.
2. – The landing beach where U.S. troops faced the heaviest German resistance and casualties.
3. – The specific code name for the naval (sea-based) phase of the invasion.
6. – The overall codename for the Allied invasion of Normandy.
9. – The country where the Normandy landings took place.