D-day

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• Every person that landed on Omaha Beach on D-Day came through these fingers.

• D-Day: June 6, 1944, when the Allied forces, under their commander General Eisenhower, landed on the northern coast of France.

  A Bridge Too Far (1977)

• And it was talking about this one, this one group, this one, one company of soldiers on D-Day of whom many of them died.

  The Knowledge Project Podcast

• So did you, did you have friends who were there the on actual D-Day who landed?

  Julian Dorey

• I was in the first wave of the Rangers at Normandy on D-day.

  Private Benjamin (1980)

• The day after D-day, that's when the fighting really started, when the 4th Division, that Salinger belonged to, went into the ancient fields and hedgerows.

  Salinger (2013)

• J.D. Salinger went from D-day all the way through to V-E Day - 299 days in combat.

  Salinger (2013)

• On D-day, June 6, 1944, the Allied forces launched their invasion of France.

• Many brave soldiers landed on the beaches of Normandy on D-day, marking the beginning of the liberation of Western Europe.

• The anniversary of D-day is commemorated every year to honor those who fought during the critical invasion of Normandy.

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Normandy landings

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Allied troops land at Normandy on June 6, 1944 to invade German-held Western Europe in World War II

is the single day when this invasion began on June 6 1944

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