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22 de may. de 2024 · D-Day on 6 June 1944 was an Allied amphibious operation to land 135,000 troops on the Normandy beaches, which began the campaign to defeat Germany and win WWII. Why was D-Day so important? D-Day of 6 June 1944 was important because it began the retreat of Germany in Western Europe.
Hace 23 horas · The Normandy landings were the landing operations and associated airborne operations on Tuesday, 6 June 1944 of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during World War II. Codenamed Operation Neptune and often referred to as D-Day, it is the largest seaborne invasion in history.
Hace 2 días · On D-Day, June 6, 1944, an Allied force led by Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower launched the greatest amphibious invasion of all time against German defenses on the coast of Normandy, France. From The Second World War: Allied Victory (1963), a documentary by Encyclopædia Britannica Educational Corporation.
Hace 1 día · Normandy Invasion, during World War II, the Allied invasion of western Europe, which was launched on June 6, 1944 (the most celebrated D-Day of the war), with the simultaneous landing of U.S., British, and Canadian forces on five separate beachheads in Normandy, France.
Hace 2 días · FILE - Under the cover of naval shell fire, American infantrymen wade ashore from their landing craft during the initial Normandy landing operations in France, June 6, 1944. More than 2,200 Allied aircraft begin bombing German defenses and other targets in Normandy.
Hace 4 días · The June 6, 1944, D-day invasion of Nazi-occupied France was unprecedented in scale and audacity, using the largest-ever armada of ships, troops, planes and vehicles to punch a hole in Adolf...
Hace 2 días · Watch D-Day 80: We Will Remember Them on BBC One and BBC iPlayer from 8.30am on Thursday 6 June; D-Day: The Unheard Tapes
