The 80th Anniversary of D-Day
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The ultimate guide to D-Day
In the early hours of 6th June 1944, around 7,000 vessels – the largest invasion force ever assembled – crossed the English Channel. This was D-Day
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The largest seaborne invasion in history: The story of D-Day
By June 1944, over two million troops had gathered in Britain for the invasion
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What if D-Day had failed?
'Our landings in the Cherbourg-Havre area have failed'. What if D-Day had ended in defeat?