Normandy Beach
Allied invasion site
Normandy Beach refers collectively to the five code-named beaches along the Normandy coast of France where Allied forces landed on D-Day, June 6, 1944: Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno, and Sword.
The largest amphibious invasion in history, it marked the beginning of the liberation of Western Europe from Nazi occupation.
My grandfather landed at Normandy Beach.
- D-Day1944 Normandy invasion
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- invasionForcible entry into territory
- amphibious assaultAttack launched from water
- soldiersMilitary personnel who fight
landing · sand · sea wall · bunkers · cliffs · June · 1944 · English Channel · Allies · paratroopers · casualties · fallen soldiers · liberation · France · Atlantic · waves · storming · gunfire
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1940 Allied evacuation site
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