I learned from marianne.com that D-Day (Departure Day, one of many during the war when an amphibious venture was made) was on June 6th in 1944. While 160,000 American, Canadian and British military soldiers set out to gain a 50-mile stretch of beach in Normandy, France to gain a foothold for the Allies to defeat the Nazis, many thousands lost their lives storming the beaches (and this was anticipated to be the case.) At dawn with some cover to help protect the men's unanticipated arrival by Hitler (who thought they'd be at Calais), the troops stormed the beaches, with 4413 killed early on.
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