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June 6, 1944, 160,000 Allied troops landed along a 50-mile stretch of heavily-fortified French coastline to fight Nazi Germany on the beaches of Normandy, France. General Dwight D. Eisenhower called the operation a crusade in which He said, “we will accept nothing less than full victory.”

More than 5,000 Ships and 13,000 aircraft supported the D-Day invasion and by days end on June 6, the Allies gained a foot hold in Normandy. The D-Day cost the U.S. more than 9,000 Allied Soldiers killed or wounded.