normandy

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Definition of normandy in English Turkish dictionary: (isim) Normandiya; {i} Normandiya

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Definition of normandy in English English dictionary: Historical region and former province of Northwest France on the English Channell, divided into the regions Haute-Normandie and Basse-Normandie. Its beaches were the site of Allied landings on D-Day (June 6, 1944); a part of northwest France, on the English Channel, that includes the ports of Cherbourg and Le Havre, where boats carrying passengers from England arrive. French Normandie Historic and cultural region, northwestern France. The capital was Rouen. Inhabited since Paleolithic times, its Celtic population was conquered by the Romans 56 BC, when it became part of the province of Lugdunensis. Invaded by Vikings in the mid-9th century, it was ceded to their chief, Rollo, in 911 by Charles III (the Simple) of France. The Vikings became known as Normans, hence the region's name.William, duke of Normandy, made the Norman Conquest (1066), uniting Normandy to England and becoming William I (William the Conqueror) of England. Normandy became a province of France in 1450 and was divided into several departments after the French Revolution. It was the site of the World War II Allied invasion of German-occupied France in 1944 (see Normandy Campaign); {i} region in northern France; Former region of France, divided into the regions Haute-Normandie and Basse-Normandie; a former province of northwestern France on the English channel; divided into Haute-Normandie and Basse-Normandie
Normandy Campaign: Allied invasion of northern Europe in World War II that began on June 6, 1944, with the largest amphibious landing in history in Normandy, France. Also called Operation Overlord, the landing transported 156,000 U.S., British, and Canadian troops across the English Channel in over 5,000 ships and 10,000 planes. Commanded by Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, the Allied forces landed at five beaches on the Normandy coast and soon established lodgement areas, despite stiff German resistance and heavy losses at the code-named Omaha Beach and Juno Beach. Allied air supremacy prevented rapid German reinforcements, and discord between Adolf Hitler and his generals stalled crucial counterattacks. Though delayed by heavy fighting near Cherbourg and around Caen, the Allied ground troops broke out of the beachheads in mid-July and began a rapid advance across northern France. The Normandy Campaign is traditionally considered to have concluded with the liberation of Paris on Aug. 25, 1944
Normandy Landings: the arrival of the Allies on the coast of Normandy in 1944, when they began to force German soldiers to leave France. The day on which they landed, 6 June 1944, is called D-Day
normandie: a former province of northwestern France on the English channel; divided into Haute-Normandie and Basse-Normandie