AN ALLIED INVASION BEGAN ON THIS DAY

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On June 6, 1944, Supreme Allied Commander General Dwight
D. Eisenhower gave the go-ahead for the largest amphibious
military operation in history: Operation Overlord, the Allied
invasion of northern France, commonly known as
D-Day.

By daybreak, 18,000 British and American parachutists were
already on the ground. An additional 13,000 aircraft were
mobilized to provide air cover and support for the invasion. 

At 6:30 a.m., American troops came ashore at Utah and Omaha
beaches
. 

General Dwight D. Eisenhower, D-day Photograph by Everett
Gen. Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower
(October 14, 1890 – March 28, 1969)

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A plane flies over the American Cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy, Monday June 5, 2023. Dozens of World War II veterans have traveled to Normandy this week to mark the 79th anniversary of D-Day, the decisive but deadly assault that led to the liberation of France and Western Europe from Nazi control. (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla)
A plane flies over the American Cemetery in Colleville-sur-
Mer, Normandy.

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