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| rdfs:comment | - The Normandy landings were the landing operations of the Allied invasion of Normandy during World War II. The landings took place in 1944, commencing on 6 June. First the area was checked by minesweepers, they were followed by submarines and then three British battleships. The landing took place across numerous beaches along the coast. Nine-thousand allied troops were dead or wounded by the time the fighting ended. (PROSE: The Taint) Stephen Mulryne, who later became the British Minister of Defence, participated in the Normandy landings. (AUDIO: 1963: The Assassination Games)
- The Normandy landings were the landing operations of the Allied invasion of Normandy, also known as Operation Neptune and Operation Overlord, during World War II. The landings started on Tuesday, 6 June 1944 (D-Day) when a massive air assault landing of airborne troops and paratroopers landed shortly after midnight. They were tasked with securing bridges and strategic points, as well as destroying AA and artillery guns prior to the beach landings. The beach landings took place in the morning on a 50-mile stretch of beach divided into five sectors: Omaha, Utah, Gold, Sword, and Juno.
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| abstract | - The Normandy landings were the landing operations of the Allied invasion of Normandy during World War II. The landings took place in 1944, commencing on 6 June. First the area was checked by minesweepers, they were followed by submarines and then three British battleships. The landing took place across numerous beaches along the coast. Nine-thousand allied troops were dead or wounded by the time the fighting ended. (PROSE: The Taint) Stephen Mulryne, who later became the British Minister of Defence, participated in the Normandy landings. (AUDIO: 1963: The Assassination Games) John Benton's father was killed during the landings. (HOMEVID: Wartime) In the late 22nd century, members of the 101st Airborne on Farside Station experienced a simulacrum of the Normandy landings as part of a training scenario. (PROSE: Fear Itself)
- The Normandy landings were the landing operations of the Allied invasion of Normandy, also known as Operation Neptune and Operation Overlord, during World War II. The landings started on Tuesday, 6 June 1944 (D-Day) when a massive air assault landing of airborne troops and paratroopers landed shortly after midnight. They were tasked with securing bridges and strategic points, as well as destroying AA and artillery guns prior to the beach landings. The beach landings took place in the morning on a 50-mile stretch of beach divided into five sectors: Omaha, Utah, Gold, Sword, and Juno. In the Call of Duty series, the events of the Normandy landings have been featured in a total of eleven missions from four games. They are listed here chronologically by operation start time.
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