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  1. 4 days ago · D-Day was known officially as ‘Operation Overlord’ and ‘Operation Neptune’, the latter referring to the seaborne element of the mission. It was launched on 6 June 1944 during the early hours of the morning when more than 150,000 airborne and ground troops landed across five assault beaches and drop zones along the Normandy coastline ...

  2. 3 days ago · He wanted to make sure that the country and the world would know D-Day. The monument is privately funded but in 1996, President Bill Clinton signed legislation, designating the site as the nation ...

  3. 1 day ago · Not to conquer any territory, not for any ambitions of our own. But to make sure that Hitler could not destroy freedom in the world.”. June 6 marks the 80th anniversary of what came to be called ...

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  5. 6 days ago · On D-Day his platoon waded their 37 mm cannons ashore, each weighing nearly 1,000 pounds, through half a mile of bullet-laced surf to get to an island where the killing never stopped. His was the only platoon to get its guns ashore and into action that first day.

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  6. 1 day ago · Widely known locally as Smeatharpe, the first USAAF aircraft to arrive on 26 April 1944 were Douglas C-47 transports of the 439th Troop Carrier Group. The four squadrons made a major contribution to D-Day on 5/6 June 1944 by dropping paratroops of the US 101st Airborne Division and towing gliders with reinforcements the following day.

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  7. 5 days ago · Test your knowledge about the the Normandy landings on D-Day. Challenge yourself and take the quiz! Learn about June 6, 1944 and the personalities, tales, and sacrifices on this historic day ...

  8. 4 days ago · Operation Downfall was the proposed Allied plan for the invasion of the Japanese home islands near the end of World War II. The planned operation was canceled when Japan surrendered following the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Soviet declaration of war, and the invasion of Manchuria. [1] The operation had two parts: Operation ...

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