It is referred to as "D-Day" or the Normandy Invasion or Operation Overlord. There are actually many D-Days. The term refers to the start of any war campaign not just the Normandy Invasion but that particular D-Day invasion was the largest one that had ever happened. There were 6,000 ships in that invasion and hundreds of planes. There were over one hundred thousand people in that invasion too.
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D Day is the name given to the designated starting date of any military operation. The most commonly referred to D Day is the Allied invasion of Normandy, France. This invasion helped win the war because it provided the Allies with a beachhead in Europe and a place to start the liberation of Europe.
D Day was the name of the operation for the invasion of France
they thought that the invasion in Normandy was a distraction, and that the real invasion would be in the south of France. so they went down to the south of France, but there was no invasion.
Allied forces (American, British, Canadian) landed on beaches at Normandy, France, beginning the land invasion of Europe.
The Allies invasion of France to liberate France from Axis control.