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Normandy landings

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Also known as Operation Neptune, D-Day, D-Day beaches

1944 landing operations of the Allied invasion of Normandy

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The Normandy landings were military operations in 1944 when Allied forces landed in Normandy, France as part of a larger invasion effort. This invasion was a major turning point in World War II that helped begin the liberation of Western Europe from Nazi occupation.

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