Stefan MolyneuxVerified account

As if, wikipedia were the gold standard for anything except error. The landing at Normandy most definitely was an amphibious assault. I'd say just ask a WWII vet but...

'Invasion' sounds about right, the countries were German controlled for years by D-Day, so much so that they were teaching the natives the German language. they were essentially Germany. Allied Forced invaded Germany. The world was better for it.

Invasion, attack, and landing are all commonly used. That said most documentaries use the title invasion to describe the event but in reality, it's all three.

A Canadian force also invaded Iceland, which was occupied by US/Canadian & British troops to prevent Germany from setting up a naval base there and surrounding the UK.

Given the Germans had already invaded and pushed the British out, how was returning an invasion?

I’ve actually heard it both ways on various documentaries

I would have made the same mistake. I remember my instructors, in the Marines, explicitly telling me Marines assault beaches as we learned about past assaults.

It's an under-examined area. D-Day wasn't an invasion on sovereignty, as De Gaulle had agreed to and formally requested it, but that is based on 'who was the legitimate government' — an interesting field to examine. I have no idea…

So, France didn't want the Allies to come to their rescue? I'm so confused??