Duba wurin da ke ƙasa sannan ka amsa tambayar daga baya a cikin harshe ɗaya kamar yadda wurin yake:  Passage: Pas de Calais, wuri mafi kusa a cikin Turai na Turai zuwa Birtaniya, shi ne wurin da aka kaddamar da makamai masu linzami na V-1 da V-2, sa'an nan kuma har yanzu a karkashin ci gaba. 'Yan Jamus sun yi la'akari da shi a matsayin yankin farko na farko, kuma ya sanya shi yankin da ya fi karfi. Ya ba wa Allies damar da za a fadada, duk da haka, kamar yadda yankin ya kewaye da koguna da tashoshi da yawa, yayin da saukowa a kan wani babban gaba a Normandy zai ba da damar barazanar barazana ga tashar jiragen ruwa na Cherbourg, da tashar jiragen ruwa na yammacin yamma a Brittany, da kuma kai hari a kan Paris da kuma a Jamus. Saboda haka aka zabi Normandy a matsayin wurin sauka. Babban raunin da ke gabar tekun Normandy - rashin kayan aikin tashar jiragen ruwa - za a shawo kan ta hanyar ci gaban tashar jiragen ruwa na wucin gadi. Ma'aikatan COSSAC sun shirya fara mamayewa a ranar 1 ga Mayu, 1944. An amince da shirin farko na shirin a taron Quebec a watan Agustan 1943. An nada Janar Dwight D. Eisenhower a matsayin kwamandan SHAEF. An nada Janar Bernard Montgomery a matsayin kwamandan rundunar soji ta 21, wacce ta kunshi dukkan sojojin da ke cikin mamayewar. A ranar 31 ga watan Disamba, 1943, Eisenhower da Montgomery sun fara ganin shirin COSSAC, wanda ya ba da shawarar saukar da amphibious ta ƙungiyoyi uku, tare da ƙarin ƙungiyoyi biyu a cikin tallafi. Nan da nan shugabannin biyu sun dage kan fadada girman mamayewar farko zuwa rukuni biyar, tare da saukowar iska ta wasu rukuni uku, don ba da damar yin aiki a kan gaba da sauri da kuma saurin kama tashar jiragen ruwa a Cherbourg. Bukatar samun ko samar da karin jiragen ruwa don fadada aikin ya haifar da jinkirta mamayewa har zuwa Yuni 1944. A ƙarshe Allies sun sadaukar da ƙungiyoyi 39 zuwa Yaƙin Normandy: 22 na Amurka, 12 na Burtaniya, uku na Kanada, ɗaya na Yaren mutanen Poland, da ɗaya na Faransa, jimillar sojoji sama da miliyan duk a ƙarƙashin jagorancin Burtaniya gaba ɗaya.  Tambaya: Yaushe aka shirya wannan aikin?
Agusta 1943