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| Britih Prime Minister Winston Churchill informs the House of Commons. On Utah Beach, the 101st Airborne control all four exits. Courseulles is liberated. The Americans control the outskirts of Pouppeville.
On Sword Beach, the British 185th Brigade moves inland.
On Omaha Beach, the exit to the village of Vierville-sur-mer is controlled and the Americans advance inland. British troops capture the fortification in Colleville-sur-Orne, and now control the Asnieres-Colleville-Louvieres area.
B-24s bomb Caen.
On Sword Beach, combat at Periers Ridge.
On Omaha Beach, the Americans seize a main battery that blocked the access to Colleville-sur-Mer.
The British seize the strategic German strong point between Colleville-sur-Orne and Ouistreham.
Heavy figthing around Villers-le-Sec and Bazenville, and at the La Fiere Bridge on the Merderet River.
Second bomb campaign of Caen and the Orne River bridges.
Heavy combat near Biéville and Periers-sur-le-Dan.
Near Juno Beach, the Germans at St.-Aubin-sur-mer and near Ouistreham surrender to the British. But after some time they can go ahead to Caen.
On Omaha Beach, the 1st Infantry Division lands.
All five Normandy D Day invasion beachheads and the inland area now are under control of the Allied forces.
Allied forces seize Les-Moulins, Colleville-sur-Med, Hauger, Hillman, and Taillerville.
Operation Mallard: Allied Hamilcar and Horsa gliders deliver reinforcement, medical troops and material on Utah Beach and east of the Orne River for the 101st US Airborne and the 6th British Airborne Division at Ouistreham. An attack of the German 21. Panzer Division fails.
Thousands of paratroopers 82nd and 101st US Airborne and the British 6th Army embark in planes that will take them to Normandy.
General Montgomery embarks aboard the HMS Faulkner to enter France and to lead the DDay operation in person.
Allied warplanes bomb the Caen port. Arromanches is liberated, the beginning of the liberation of Europe from Nazi-Germany.
| Bibliography of DDay Operation Timeline 4 Shilleto, C and Tolhurst, M (2004). Traveler's Guide to D-Day and the Battle for Normandy.
Schmeelke, K-H and M (1995). German Defensive Batteries and Gun Emplacements on the Normandy Beaches. Schiffer Military History.
BACM Research (2008). D-Day Normandy Invasion Operation Overlord Documents.
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