June 1-5, 1944: Medium and heavy bombers of the U.S. Eighth and Ninth Air Forces attacked German positions.

June 6, pre-dawn hours: Troopers of the 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions landed by parachutes and gliders near Ste.-Mère-Église and Carentan.

June 6, 6:30 a.m.: H-Hour. Soldiers of the 4th Infantry Division began storming the beach, carried by Navy and Coast Guard vessels. The 1st Engineer Special Brigade and 2nd Naval Beach Battalion landed to clear the beaches for reinforcements.

June 6, 9:30 a.m.: The 82nd Airborne Division completed clearing Ste.-Mère-Église, the first town liberated in France.

June 6-June 14: Reinforcements such as the 9th, 79th, and 90th Infantry Divisions arrived.

June 14: The 101st Airborne Division finished liberating Carentan. Also, VII Corps forces met units pushing westward from Omaha Beach, thus completing the connection of the Normandy beachheads.

June 17-18: VII Corps units reached the Cotentin Peninsula’s western coast, trapping German forces on the peninsula.

June 20: U.S. forces (the 4th 9th, and 79th Infantry Divisions) began attacking Cherbourg’s outer defenses.

June 27: The Germans surrendered Cherbourg.