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What is D-Day? How the Normandy landings led to Germany’s defeat in World War II

Day, the first day of the Normandy landings that laid the foundations for the Allied defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II.

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D-Day in photos: See historic images from the Normandy landings

The amphibious assault – codenamed Operation Overlord – involved landing more than 155,000 Allied soldiers on the French beaches, resulting in 4,427 casualties – according to the National D-Day Memorial Foundation.

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D-Day veterans return to Normandy to mark 81st anniversary of landings

COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, France (AP) — Veterans gathered Friday in Normandy to mark the 81st anniversary of the D-Day landings — a pivotal moment of World War II that eventually led to the collapse of Adolf Hitler’s regime.

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Weather nearly sinks D-Day landings, meteorologist breaks down 1944 forecasting for Allied invasion

Today marks eighty one years since the largest naval invasion in history, also known as D-Day, when over 150,000 allied ...

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Churchill documents reveal D-Day landings boosted by import of ‘wonder drug’ from America

The documents were released ahead of the 81st anniversary of D-Day, the Allied invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944 ...

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Walking in the footsteps of heroes: A visit to Normandy 81 years after D-Day

Members of an American landing unit help their exhausted comrades ashore during the Normandy invasion on June 6, 1944. The ...

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