german army group b under the command of field marshal erwin ramel, and the southern coast of francebiscay was covered by army group g. they had at their disposal about 380 thousand people, 160 aircraft, 49 submarines, 116 patrol ships, 34 torpedo boats and 42 artillery barshi. the operation was prepared for 3 months. at the end of may, beginning of june 1944, the landing troops were concentrated in... the assembly area, from where landing points for landing ships were successively advanced. initially, the landing date was set for june 5 , 1944, but then it was decided to postpone it for a day, waiting for better weather conditions. the operation consisted of two phases: the first was codenamed neptune, the second - cobra. operation neptune began on june 6, 1944 and ended on july 1. 1944, its goal was to conquer a bridgehead on the continent, which lasted until july 25. operation cobra was carried out by the allies immediately after the completion of the first phase. its goal is a breakthrough offensive across french territory. the fighting began late in the evening of june 5 with a

the allied forces were opposed by the german army group b under the command of field marshal erwin ramelhern coast of france and the beskaian bay was covered by army group g. they had about 380 thousand people, 160 aircraft, and 49 submarines at their disposal. 116 patrol ships, 34 torpedo boats and 42 artillery barges. the operation was prepared for 3 months. at the end of may, beginning of june 1944, the landing troops were concentrated in the assembly area, from where landing points for landing craft were successively advanced. initially, the landing date was set for june 5, 1944, but then it was decided to postpone it for a day, waiting for improvement. conditions. the operation consisted of two phases. the first was codenamed neptune, the second - cobra. operation neptune began on june 6, 1944 and ended on july 1, 1944. its goal was to gain a bridgehead on the continent, which lasted until july 25. operation cobra was carried out allies immediately after the completion of the first phase. its goal is a breakthrough offensive. across the territory of france. the fighting began late i