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Beyond The Beach

Landing the Troops . . . Across the Rhine Naval History Magazine - April 2015 Volume 29, Number 2

Seventy four years ago today 156,000 allied troops took part in the greatest seaborne invasion in history. In spite of the odds those brave men paved the way for a free Europe.

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Liberation at the D-Day Beaches

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