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  2. In pictures: 80th anniversary of D-Day - AOL

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    Images from events to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Normandy landings in France.

  3. Battle of Hastings - Wikipedia

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    Battle of Hastings Part of the Norman Conquest Harold Rex Interfectus Est: "King Harold is killed". Scene from the Bayeux Tapestry depicting the Battle of Hastings and the death of Harold. Date 14 October 1066 Location Hailesaltede, near Hastings, Sussex, England (today Battle, East Sussex, United Kingdom) Result Norman victory Belligerents Duchy of Normandy Kingdom of England Commanders and ...

  4. The Magnificent Eleven - Wikipedia

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    Life magazine printed five of the pictures in its June 19, 1944, issue, "Beachheads of Normandy: The Fateful Battle for Europe is Joined by Sea and Air." [1] Some of the images had captions that described the footage as "slightly out of focus", explaining that Capa's hands were shaking in the excitement of the moment.

  5. In Pictures: Royals and world leaders mark D-Day 80th ... - AOL

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    The King and Queen joined veterans in France on the 80th anniversary of the Normandy landings on Thursday.

  6. How AP covered the D-Day landings and lost photographer ... - AOL

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    It was early June 1944 — just before the long-anticipated Normandy landings that ultimately liberated France from Nazi occupation and helped precipitate Nazi Germany's surrender 11 months later.

  7. Normandy landings - Wikipedia

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    The Normandy landings were the landing operations and associated airborne operations on 6 June 1944 of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during the Second World War. Codenamed Operation Neptune and often referred to as D-Day (after the military term ), it is the largest seaborne invasion in history.

  8. D-Day Anniversary: Normandy invasion remembered for ... - AOL

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    D Day photos Paratroopers of the Allied Army land on La Manche, on the coast of France on June 6, 1944 after Allied forces stormed the Normandy beaches during D-Day.

  9. American airborne landings in Normandy - Wikipedia

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    Others critical included Max Hastings (Overlord: D-Day and the Battle for Normandy) and James Huston (Out of the Blue: U.S. Army Airborne Operations in World War II). As late as 2003 a prominent history ( Airborne: A Combat History of American Airborne Forces by retired Lieutenant General E.M. Flanagan) repeated these and other assertions, all ...