D-Day: June 6th, 1944
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THE PLAN The preparations for Operation Overlord began long before the invasion was under way. From the Dieppe Raid debacle, the allies were planning the decisive invasion of Normandy. |
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THE ENEMY The troops manning the Atlantic Wall were not amongst the Wehrmacht's finest but the seasoned Panzer Divisions waiting to push any invasion off the beaches were a force to be reckoned with. |
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THE ASSAULT The invasion of June 6th, 1944. |
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COUNTERATTACK! The Germans counterattacked with their feared Panzer and SS Divisions, but was their initial hesitation to prove a costly mistake? |
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HONG KONG - DIEPPE - SICILY - ITALY - D-DAY - FRANCE - HOLLAND - GERMANY
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