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  2. D‑Day ‑ Normandy Invasion, Facts & Significance | HISTORY

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    The D-Day invasion began in the pre-dawn hours of June 6 with thousands of paratroopers landing inland on the Utah and Sword beaches in an attempt to cut off exits and destroy bridges to slow...

  3. Normandy Invasion | Definition, Beaches, Map, Photos ...

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    Normandy Invasion, during World War II, the Allied invasion of western Europe, which was launched on June 6, 1944 (the most celebrated D-Day of the war), with the simultaneous landing of U.S., British, and Canadian forces on five separate beachheads in Normandy, France.

  4. D-Day: The Allies Invade Europe - The National WWII Museum

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    In May 1944, the Allies were prepared to deliver their greatest blow of the war, the cross-channel invasion of northern France, known as D-Day. Learn more.

  5. D-Day: Learn about the D-Day Invasion | Holocaust Encyclopedia

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    D-Day. Massive Allied landings of air- and sea-borne forces on five Normandy beaches (codenamed Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno, and Sword) began on June 6, 1944 (D-Day). The purpose of the invasion was to establish a bridgehead from which Allied forces could break out and liberate France.

  6. Normandy Invasion - D-Day, WWII, Allies | Britannica

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    Learn about the Normandy Invasion planned by Dwight Eisenhower to give Allied powers a foothold in France On D-Day, June 6, 1944, an Allied force led by Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower launched the greatest amphibious invasion of all time against German defenses on the coast of Normandy, France.

  7. D-Day - World History Encyclopedia

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    D-Day was the first day of Operation Overlord, the Allied attack on German-occupied Western Europe, which began on the beaches of Normandy, France, on 6 June 1944. Primarily US, British, and Canadian troops, with naval and air support, attacked five beaches, landing some 135,000 men in a day widely considered to have changed history.

  8. D-Day and the Normandy Campaign - The National WWII Museum

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    D-Day and the Normandy Campaign. On June 6, 1944, the Allies launched the long-anticipated invasion of Normandy, France. Soldiers from the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, and other Allied nations faced Hitler's formidable Atlantic Wall as they landed on the beaches of Normandy.

  9. On June 6, 1944, Supreme Allied Commander General Dwight D. Eisenhower gives the go-ahead for the largest amphibious military operation in history: Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of...

  10. D-Day: Perhaps the Most Pivotal Day in World War II

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    More than 160,000 Allied troops landed along a 50-mile stretch of heavily fortified French coastline, to fight Nazi Germany on the beaches of Normandy, France, with the support of 5,000 ships and...

  11. D‑Day: Facts on the Epic 1944 Invasion That Changed the ...

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    On June 6, 1944, more than 156,000 American, British and Canadian troops stormed 50 miles of Normandy's fiercely defended beaches in northern France in an operation that proved to be a...

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