D-Day 70th Anniversary
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D-Day landing in Normandy captured in grandmother’s diary
Abhinav Thawait
Scribbled in French shorthand, Louise Hamel’s diary still captures the power of the moment ‘It was very intense’: Vets travel ...
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Here’s how the invasion unfolded.
Abhinav Thawait
Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of Normandy in northern France on June 6, 1944, was the largest amphibious military assault ...