Test your historical knowledge with Newsweek’s quiz on the Normandy invasion.
, marks the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings, the Allied attack in World War II that began the liberation of Nazi-occupied Europe.
D-Day saw over 150,000 Allied troops landing on the beaches of Normandy, France. The invasion, which remains the largest amphibious assault in history, involved forces from the United States and the United Kingdom, as well as many other Allied nations.
The operation was a critical turning point in World War II, leading to the successful gaining of a foothold in mainland Europe and the eventual defeat of Nazi Germany.
