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MENUARMY.MIL FEATURES | D-DAY JUNE 6, 1944 Home History ▼ News Dd MeaningDd Medal of HonorDd Eisenhower The Medal of Honor is the nation's highest medal for valor in combat that can be awarded to members of the armed forces. View the D-Day Medal of Honor citations 1234 On June 6, 1944, more than 160,000 Allied troops landed along a 50-mile stretch of heavily-fortified French coastline, to fight Nazi Germany on the beaches of Normandy, France. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower called the operation a crusade in which, “we will accept nothing less than full victory.” More than 5,000 Ships and 13,000 aircraft supported the D-Day invasion, and by day’s end, the Allies gained a foot-hold in Continental Europe. The cost in lives on D-Day was high. More than 9,000 Allied Soldiers were killed or wounded, but their sacrifice allowed more than 100,000 Soldiers to begin the slow, hard slog across Europe, to defeat Adolf Hitler’s crack troops. News More News D-Day Resources CMH: The Normandy Invasion The National WWII Museum Library of Congress D-Day U.S. National Archives Veterans History Project: D-Day PBS: D-Day American Experience HOME CONTACT US PRIVACY TERMS OF USE ACCESSIBILITY FOIA NO FEAR ACT