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Operation Overlord » Sainte-Mere-Eglise

THE BIGGEST MILITARY OPERATION OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR June 1944: the Allies launch a grand offensive in Normandy in order to definitively rid Europe of the Nazi terror. The strategic and human scale of the operation, led by General Eisenhower, is unequalled. No less than 160,000 troops will be deployed on five beaches in northern France. THUS BEGINS OPERATION: OVERLORD!

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