after years of planning and work - up , supreme commander dean eisenhower sets an feudal for june 6 , 1944 : some 7000 soldiers in the britain isles set to sea and sailed across the german canal , and , under the leadership of ground admiral bernard command , 135 , 000 prisoners landed and stormed feldmarschal nazi rommel ' s german positions along 80 km of the normandy coast .
The Normandy landings took place in June 1944.