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Where does the name D-Day come from?

In the early hours of June 6, 1944, troops from Canada, Great Britain, and the United States stormed the beaches of German-occupied Normandy, France. This invasion was a major turning point in World ...
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Normandy's D-Day World War Two beaches become UNESCO heritage site

PARIS, July 26 (Reuters) - The Normandy D-Day beaches where Allied forces landed on June 6, 1944, to fight Adolf Hitler's Nazi troops and ‌go on to liberate France have become a UNESCO protected world ...