D-Day 75

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  The road to D-Day: the masterplan

  historyextra.com - Elinor Evans

  On the afternoon of 16 January 1944, the midget submarine X20 approached the shoreline of what would later become Omaha beach on D-Day. While it was …

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  The road to D-Day: getting ready for action

  historyextra.com - Peter Caddick-Adams

  On the eve of the invasion, the build-up of troops in the British Isles was so large, servicemen joked that Britain was only being kept afloat by the …

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  D-Day on screen: 5 TV and film depictions of the Second World War operation

  historyextra.com - Rachel Dinning

  Directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Tom Hanks, Saving Private Ryan was the US’s highest grossing film of 1998, netting a total of five Academy …

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  “Free people everywhere should remember them”: the Canadians’ role in D-Day

  historyextra.com - Elinor Evans

  The D-Day assault on Normandy, codenamed Operation Overlord, was the largest seaborne invasion in history. On Tuesday 6 June, American, British and …

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  Your guide to D-Day: what happened, how many casualties were there, and what did it accomplish?

  historyextra.com - James Holland

  Literally, the ‘D’ stands for day, as in the day of the invasion. The earliest known reference goes back to 1917, but early in the Second World War …

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  D-Day in numbers: 5 infographics that show the big picture

  historyextra.com - Emma Mason

  The invasion of Nazi-occupied France was codenamed Operation OVERLORD and took place on Tuesday 6 June 1944, having been delayed by 24 hours because …