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After landing on 6 June, Allied forces slowly expanded their beachhead and overran the Cotentin Peninsula, capturing the port of Cherbourg.
During the first six days of the Normandy Campaign, the various invasion beaches were linked together in a continuous front.

​The deepest Allied penetration was at Caumont shown on the following map, seized by the US First Infantry Division on 13 June.
Normandy Campaign Timeline, June 1944:
  • 6 June - Operation Overlord, D-Day Allied invasion, begins.
  • 7 June - Bayeux captured.
  • 11 June - Carentan captured.
  • 14 June - XIX Corps, US First Army goes operational.
  • 14 June - Free French leader Charles DeGaulle visits Bayeux after four years in exile.
  • 15 June - VIII Corps, US First Army goes operational.
  • 17 June - US First Army cuts off Cotentin Peninsula.
  • 19-21 June - US 
  • 27 June - Cherbourg, the first large port, seized.
  • 30 June - German resistance in Cotentin Peninsula ends.
Normandy Jun-Jul 1944
Normandy, June - July 1944
​Pottawattamie Area WWII Dead - WWII Germany > The ETO > Normandy Campaign > June 1944: 03-01- WWII Germany > The ETO > Normandy Campaign > June 1944: (five dead, updated 14 Nov 2025)
† Aultz, Dorsey Everet, SN 37-189-141, US Army, Pott. Co.
  • Co. I, 359th Inf. Regt., 90th Inf. Div., VII Corps, assigned to Third Army, attached to First Army; KIA 13 Jun 1944 near Picauville, SW of St. Mere Eglise, Manche, Normandy, France.
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† Deitchler, Edgar Kay, SN 37-118-985, US Army, Mills Co.
  • 357th Inf. Regt., 90th Inf. Div., VII Corps, assigned to Third Army, attached to First Army; KIA 17 Jun 1944, near Gourbesville, west of St. Mere Eglise, Manche, Normandy, France.
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† Pedersen, Oscar Holst (served as Holst, Oscar), SN 37-126-291, US Army, Pott. Co.​
  • Battery B, 320th Glider FA Bn., 82nd Airborne Div.; KIA 18 Jun 1944, near Douve River west of Ste Mere-Eglise,  Manche, Normandy, France.
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† Plagge, Harold W., SN O-1006609, US Army, Lake Co., IL
  • 746th Tank Bn.; DOW 9 Jun 1944 near Utah Beach, Manche, Normandy, France.
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​† Ridnour, Oren Ellis/Ellsworth, SN 37-071-549, US Army, Taylor & Adams Cos.
  • Co. G, 36th Armored Inf. Regt.; 3rd Armored Div., XIX Corps, First Army; KIA 30 Jun 1944 NE of St. Lo, Manche Dept., Normandy, France.
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