6 June 1944, D-Day: Operation Overlord – the Allied Normandy landings, the largest seaborne invasion in history. The operation began the liberation of France (and later Western Europe) and laid the foundations of the Allied victory on the Western Front.

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1. The amphibious landings were preceded by extensive aerial and naval bombardment and an airborne assault—the landing of 24,000 American, British, and Canadian airborne troops shortly after midnight of June 6.

   Allied infantry and armoured divisions began landing on the coast of France at 06:30.

2. There were second thoughts about the operation caused by crosswords.

   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D-Day_Daily_Telegraph_crossword_security_alarm

3. I would never forget this scene in the movie saving private ryan

4. Look up world war two channel on YouTube, they are doing 24 hour stream describing everything that is happening.