D-Day

June 6

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On June 6, 1944, weather conditions finally allowed Operation Overlord (known as D-Day) to proceed with the largest amphibious invasion in the history of warfare with the Allies using over 5,000 ships and landing craft to bring more than 160,000 American, British and Canadian troops along with 13,000 aircraft to storm 50 miles of Normandy's fiercely defended five beaches in northern France ... whose heroic efforts achieved a critical turning point in World War II ... resulting in allied liberation of Western Europe from Nazi Germany’s control and its eventual surrender in 1945.

The D-Day causalities for both sides were significant with 4,414 Allied troops killed and over 9,000 wounded or missing ... along with 4,000-9,000 German troops killed.

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