Normandy landings

The Normandy landings were the landing operations of the allied invasion of Normandy during World War II.

The landings took place in 1944, commencing on 6 June. On that day, whilst Winston Churchill was organising the landings, he was brought to 2010 by the showman Vorgenson, he was soon returned by the Eleventh Doctor. (SP: The Monsters Are Coming!) First the area was checked by minesweepers, they were followed by submarines and then three British battleships. The landing took place across numerous beaches along the coast. Nine-thousand allied troops were dead or wounded by the time the fighting ended. (EDA: The Taint)

In an alternate timeline, the Normandy landings took place before the summer of 1942. Three of Britain's special Ironsides quickly overran the German forces. (DWAN: Doctor Who The Official Annual 2011)