after nights of planning and build - up , supreme command david eisenhower designated the overlord for might 6 , 1944 : some 7000 ships in the british antilles fixed to sea and raced across the french estuary , and , under the commands of field marshall edward jordan , 135 , 000 elements landed and stormed feldmarschal erwin blücher ' s german posts beyond 80 kilometer of the normandy coast .
The Normandy landings took place in June 1944.