Today marks the 78th anniversary of the historic D-Day operation, reported USA Today.
In the midst of World War II on June 6, 1944, Allied
forces stormed the beaches of Normandy in Nazi-occupied France. More than
156,000 troops, notably from the United States, Britain and Canada, confronted
Nazi forces on D-Day forever reshaping the war, according to the Department of Defense.
D-Day began the assault phase (codenamed Operation
Neptune) of the wider Allied invasion of northwest Europe led by Gen.
Dwight D. Eisenhower, known as Operation Overlord. According
to Britannica, by the end of August 1944, all of northern France was
liberated from Nazi control.
The exact number of people killed in the fighting
is unknown, but research by the U.S. National D-Day Memorial
Foundation estimates that there were over 4,000 Allied deaths and
between 4,000 and 9,000 German losses on D-Day.
More than 100,000 Allied and German soldiers died during the full Battle at Normandy and around 20,000 French civilians were reportedly killed in the bombings.
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