The Most Important Events That Changed History Forever

Normandy Landings (1944)

The Normandy landings, most often referred to as D-Day, occurred on June 6, 1944, when the Allies invaded Normandy during World War II. This was the largest seaborne invasion in all of history. The operation began the liberation of German-occupied France and established the initial framework of the Allied victory on the Western front.

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