It was the most important seaborne invasion of all time, with the goal of gaining a landing in Nazi occupied Europe to begin the long campaign to free a continent of Nazi tyranny and begin down the road to victory and the end of the second world war.
Ce fut la plus importante invasion maritime de toute l'histoire, dont le but était de lancer la longue campagne visant à libérer l'Europe de la tyrannie nazie et à mettre fin à la Seconde Guerre mondiale.