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Which countries participated in the Normandy Invasion?

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American soldiers in helmets crouch inside a landing craft approaching a smoke-covered beach during the D-Day invasion of Normandy, June 6, 1944. — Normandy Invasion American assault troops in a landing craft during the Normandy Invasion, June 6, 1944.

The Normandy Invasion, also known as Operation Overlord, involved forces from the United States, British, and Canadian armies. These Allied troops landed on five separate beachheads in Normandy, France, on June 6, 1944. The Canadian 3rd Infantry Division, for example, assaulted Juno Beach. Airborne troops from the U.S. 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions, as well as the British 6th Airborne Division, also participated in the invasion.1234