St?? 6 ??????? 1944, ta s?µµa???? st?ate?µata, ta ?p??a ?d??????a? se p???a µa?? µe ?p?a ?a? ??µata µ????, ap?ß?ß?st??a? st?? pa?a??e? t?? ???µa?d?a?. ? ap?ßas? st? ???µa?d?a, ???st? ?a? ?? ap?ßas? t?? D-Day, ?ta? µ?a ap? t?? s?µa?t???te?e? ep??e???se?? t?? ?'' ?a???sµ??? ????µ?? ?a? ?????e t? d??µ? ??a t? ???? t?? S?µµ???? st? ??t??? ??t?p?. St? µe?a??te?? ?a??ss?a e?sß??? st?? ?st???a, pe??p?? 150.000 st?at??te?, ?????? ??eta???, ?µe???a??? ?a? ?a?ad??, ap?ß?ß?st??a? st? ???µa?d?a ?a? st? s????e?a ape?e?????sa? µ?a se??? ap? p??e?? ?at? µ???? t?? a?t??. ? ????sµ?? t??? ?ta? ??a ap? ta p?? a???µ??µ??e?ta epe?s?d?a t?? p???µ?? ?a? s?µat?d?t?se t? p??t? ß?µa p??? t?? ape?e?????s? t?? ????p??. ??sa se µ???? 50 ?ept?, ?a µ??ete ??a ta ?e????ta p?? ?d???sa? st?? ap?ßas? st? ???µa?d?a ?a? ?a ?ata???sete ??at? a?t? ? ???? ?ta? t?s? s?µa?t??? ??a t??? S?µµ?????. ??t? t? ap?? ?a? ?atat?p?st??? ß?ß??? pa???e? µ?a d?e??d??? a????s? t?? ?st?????? t?? ?p??e???s?? Overlord ?a? t?? ?????? stad??? t?? ap?ßas?? st? ???µa?d?a. ?e???aµß??e? ep?s?? ß????af?e? t?? ßas???? d?????t?? ?a? ??et??, s?µpe???aµßa??µ???? t?? Dwight Eisenhower ?a? Bernard Law Montgomery, µ?a p???t?µ? e?sa???? st? p???t??? ?a? ????????? p?a?s?? ?a? µ?a a???????s? t?? a?t??t?p?? t?? ap?ßas??, d????t?? sa? ??e? t?? ßas???? p????f???e? ??a a?t? t?? t??µ??? ep??e???s?.