The invasion of Normandy was the largest seaborne invasion at the time. It involved over 850,000 troops crossing the English Channel from the United Kingdom to Normandy by the end of June 1944:
The Normandy landings were the first successful opposed landings across the English Channel in nine centuries.
They were costly in terms of men, but the defeat inflicted on the Germans was one of the largest of the war.
Strategically, the campaign led to the loss of the German position in most of France and the secure establishment of a new major front.
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In larger context the Normandy landings helped the Soviets on the Eastern front, who were facing the bulk of the German forces and, to a certain extent, contributed to the shortening of the conflict there.
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