# D-Day landings (1944)

URL: https://english-history.com/timeline/1944-d-day-landings
Categories: battle, main-event

British, American, Canadian and allied forces landed in Normandy. Within the broader Early 20th Century & World Wars period, mass democracy, the two world wars, Irish partition, economic crisis and the rise of Labour remade the political and social order. This event is placed at 6 June 1944 in the chronology so it can be read alongside the political, military, social and cultural changes around it. The invasion opened the western front that helped liberate western Europe from Nazi occupation.

## Why it matters
The invasion opened the western front that helped liberate western Europe from Nazi occupation.

Ruler at the time: [George VI](https://english-history.com/rulers/george-vi)

## Sources
- [Wikipedia topic lookup — D-Day landings](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=D-Day+landings&go=Go)
- [Encyclopaedia Britannica topic lookup — D-Day landings](https://www.britannica.com/search?query=D-Day+landings)
- [Wikipedia — Timeline of British history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_British_history)
- [The National Archives — twentieth-century resources](https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/)