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  2. 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.

  3. American airborne landings in Normandy - Wikipedia

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    Group commander's aircraft, chalk #1 of serial 11, assigned to Drop Zone C. The assault lift (one air transport operation) was divided into two missions, "Albany" and "Boston", each with three regiment-sized landings on a drop zone. The drop zones of the 101st were northeast of Carentan and lettered A, C, and D from north to south (Drop Zone B ...

  4. Omaha Beach - Wikipedia

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    Omaha Beach was one of five beach landing sectors of the amphibious assault component of Operation Overlord during the Second World War. On June 6, 1944, the Allies invaded German-occupied France with the Normandy landings . [ 1 ] "

  5. 80 years ago, on the beaches of Normandy, WWII shifted ... - AOL

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    American and Allied forces prepare for landing on Normandy beaches in France on D-Day, June 6, 1944. ... Troops begin landing at Juno Beach. 8:30 a.m.: Tanks land at Omaha Beach.

  6. Christian Lamb made maps to guide the crews landing crafts at ...

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    Christian Lamb made maps to guide the crews landing crafts at Normandy on D-Day By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Working alone in a tiny office in London, Christian Lamb tried to make sure British troops were in exactly the right place when they scrambled onto Normandy's beaches under enemy fire during the D-Day landings .

  7. Utah Beach - Wikipedia

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    Utah, commonly known as Utah Beach, was the code name for one of the five sectors of the Allied invasion of German-occupied France in the Normandy landings on June 6, 1944 (D-Day), during World War II. The westernmost of the five code-named landing beaches in Normandy, Utah is on the Cotentin Peninsula, west of the mouths of the Douve and Vire ...

  8. Factbox-D-Day: What to expect from 80th anniversary in Normandy

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    Veterans and world leaders will meet in Normandy, northwestern France, on June 6 to mark the 80th anniversary of the 1944 D-Day landings, when more than 150,000 Allied soldiers invaded France to ...

  9. Mission Albany - Wikipedia

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    Each mission consisted of three regiment-sized air landings. The drop zones of the 101st Airborne Division were east and south of Sainte-Mère-Église and lettered A, C and D from north to south. (Drop Zone B had belonged to the 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR) before the plan was changed on May 27.)