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50 facts and figures about D-Day
50factsandfiguresaboutD-DayFiveyearsintoWorldWarII,theAlliesweresqueezingtheNazisfromtwosides.InWesternEurope,AlliedforceshadmanagedtoslowAdolfHitler’sruthlessexpansionacrossthecontinent.Meanwhile,totheEast,theRussianshadsuccessfullylockedGermanforcesintoabrutalwarofattrition.NaziGermany,however,wasstillfirmlysecureinitscontinentalfortress.Andscoresofoccupiednationssufferedasaresult.
OnJune6,1944,Alliedplanes,ships,vehicles,supplies,andmenfromtheUnitedKingdom,UnitedStates,France,andCanadastormedthecoastofoccupiedFrance’sNormandyregioninnumberssostaggeringthey’redifficulttocomprehend.Thelargestamphibiousoperationinthehistoryofwarfare,theNormandylandings—betterknownasD-Day—wereyearsinthemaking.
Supportedbymeticulousplanning,cunningdeception,andpitch-blackhumor,D-Daymarkedagargantuanefforttodislodgeanddismantleoneofthemosteffectivewarmachineseverassembled.On
