World War II - D-Day
Time: Wednesday Jun 7, 1944
Place: Normandy, France
Details: The Allied forces landed on Normandy beaches, establishing five beachheads in Normandy. It was the largest seaborne invasion in history. The operation began the liberation of German-occupied France (and later western Europe) and laid the foundations of the Allied victory on the Western Front.
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Tuesday Jun 6, 1944 - Normandy, France
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Monday Jun 12, 1944 - Normandy, France
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Dwight D. Eisenhower-The D-Day
Tuesday Jun 6, 1944 - Normandy, U.S.
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Tuesday Jun 6, 1944 - Northern France, France
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Wednesday Jun 7, 1341 - Cairo, Egypt
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Thursday Jun 7, 1438 - Cairo, Egypt
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June 1944
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Sunday Jun 4, 1944 - Rome, Italy
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1944
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1944 - Guam
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1944 - Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
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1944 - Tokyo, Japan
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1944 - Chittagong, Bangladesh
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1944 - Kraków, Poland