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DEAD MAN'S CORNER MUSEUM (Saint-Côme-du-Mont, Normandy)

Normandy, France, 6 June 1944. It is only just 00:15 when the American paratroopers of the 101st Airborne Division of General Maxwell D. Taylor parachute over the Normandy, thus becoming the first soldiers to reach the French territory; their main mission is to capture Carentan....read more

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Some of the best colorized images of the Airborne Landings in Normandy, made by the best artists of the colourisation

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I want remembering Airborne Landings in Normandy using using World War Two Black and White photos that are researched and colourised in detail by Doug and other artists from the 'Colourisehistory Group'. I also have left some photos colourised made by other...read more

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The 21 Best Infographics of D-Day - Normandy Landings

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On June 6, 1944, nearly 160,000 Allied troops landed along a heavily fortified, 50-mile stretch of French coastline in the historic operation known as D-Day. More than 9,000 Allied soldiers were killed or wounded on the beaches of Normandy, but by day’s end, the...read more

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20 Things about 'Operation Overlord' - Maybe You Don't Know!

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Operation Overlord was the code-name given to the Allied invasion of France scheduled for June 1944. The operation commenced on 6 June 1944 with the Normandy landings (Operation Neptune, commonly known as D-Day). A 1,200-plane airborne assault ...read more

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The forgotten D-Day bird "That’s All Brother" will be restored and it'll fly thanks to fundraising campaign

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It just took 24 hours to save "That's All Brother", the Douglas C-47 that led the massed paratroop drop on D-Day. The forgotten D-Day bird "That’s All Brother" will be restored thanks to...read more

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Ataque Aéreo (Cuerpos Élite de la Segunda Guerra Mundial - Episodio 4/6)

6 de Junio de 1944, la infantería ligera británica, a bordo de planeadores, debe aterrizar en el norte de Francia, para a continuación tomar dos importantes puentes que están en manos de un enemigo armado. La misión sera conocida como la toma del puente Pegasus. Si fracasan, el desembarco del...read more

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Airborne operations in WorId War II, European Theater

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This monograph describes the planmng and executlOn of airborne operations by the Army Air Forces in the European Theater durmg
WorId War n. Intended to serve as a case history of large-scale airborne operatlOns, it seeks to anaIyze and evaluate them as a basis
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