where did the massive allied invasion of northern france take place in june 1944?
Normandy
contradiction
 After delays due to both logistical difficulties and poor weather , the D @-@ Day of Overlord , the largest amphibious operation ever , was postponed 24 hours to 6 June 1944 . Eisenhower and Montgomery , commander of 21st Army Group , aimed to capture Caen within the first day , and liberate Paris within 90 days . 

entailment
 The assault was ordered by Adolf Hitler , to eliminate the gains made by the First United States Army during Operation Cobra and the subsequent weeks , and by reaching the coast in the region of Avranches at the base of the Cotentin peninsula , cut off the units of the Third United States Army which had advanced into Brittany . 

contradiction
 Less than a month after this victory , Adolf Hitler issued a directive stating that Germany must be ready for an offensive through France and the Low Countries . However , the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht ( German high command ; OKW ) was convinced that preparations would take at least until the following year . After furious arguments , Hitler reluctantly agreed to wait . In May 1940 , three massive German army groups overran France and the Low Countries in little more than six weeks . 

contradiction
 The Allies failed to reach their goals for the first day , but gained a tenuous foothold that they gradually expanded as they captured the port at Cherbourg on 26 June and the city of Caen on 21 July . A failed counterattack by German forces on 8 August led to 50 @,@ 000 soldiers of the German 7th Army being trapped in the Falaise pocket . The Allies launched an invasion of southern France ( code @-@ named Operation Dragoon ) on 15 August , and the Liberation of Paris followed on 25 August . German forces retreated across the Seine on 30 August 1944 , marking the close of Operation Overlord . 

contradiction
 The Allied invasion of Southern France during the Second World War was given the code name Operation Dragoon . It would take place in the South of France , between Cannes and Toulon in August 1944 . The landings would be undertaken by the American 7th Army , with the Free French First Army landing after the beachhead was secure . Following the success of the Normandy airborne landings , Allied planners wanted to use an airborne force to support the invasion . However the airborne divisions in Europe , the American 82nd and 101st , had participated in the Normandy landings and were refitting for further operations to support the advance in France and the Low Countries . The two British divisions were also unavailable ; the 1st Airborne Division was preparing for operations in Northern Europe and the 6th Airborne Division was still fighting in Normandy . 
