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Nice colorized combat footage of the Battle for Caen 1944

The Battle for Caen from June–August 1944 was a battle of the Second World War between Allied forces of the mainly Anglo Canadian Second Army and German forces of Panzergruppe West during the Battle of Normandy.read more

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Impressive Combat Footage of Allied Troops Landing on the Beaches of Normandy on D-Day 1944

Footage of Allied landings in Normandy during Operation Neptune as a part of Operation Overlord. This video shows the fighting for the beaches mainly at Omaha Beach but also the other landing zones are shown.

The Normandy landings, codenamed Operation Neptune, were the landing operations...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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Walkaround the Grand Bunker at Ouistreham, a pocket of German resistance on 6th of June 1944

The Atlantic Wall Museum at Ouistreham (Normandy) is inside the old German headquarter which was in charge of the batteries covering the entrance of the river Orne and the canal, at the very eastern extreme of the D-Day beach landings on Sword Beach.The 52ft high concrete tower has been fully...read more

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Uncovered German Tobruk machine gun emplacement of WWII, long buried in the shifting sands of Juno Beach, Normandy

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On 4th June 2015, dispatches from Juno Beach Centre in France and Nick Logan, Global News, journalist, reported that had been uncovered a German Tobruk machine gun emplacement of World War II, long buried in the shifting sands of Juno Beach. This ...read more

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 HQ Batallón) June 04, 2016

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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Four forgotten battles that ended after Victory Europe Day that you may not know!!! Rare images and footages!

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VE Day celebrated on 7 (Western Allies) or 8 (Russia) May 1945 marks the end of World War II in Europe but, is it true?

The act of Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces ...read more

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