On this day in history, June 6, 1944, US and Allies invade Normandy in greatest military invasion in history

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On this day in history, the D-Day operation of June 6, 1944, brought together the land, air and sea forces of the Allied armies in what became known as the largest amphibious invasion in military history, according to the Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library, Museum and Boyhood Home in Abilene, Kansas. 

"The operation, given the codename OVERLORD, delivered five naval assault divisions to the beaches of Normandy, France," notes the same source. 

"The beaches were given the code names: UTAH, OMAHA, GOLD, JUNO and SWORD."

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Day of days it’s a shame it had to happen in the first place what a load of misery grief and ruin the fascists brought on the world i am eternally grateful to all countries that that allied themselves to rid the world of them im also grateful to the generations that have come after rebuilt their countries and have grown  into staunch allies.Please god don’t let it happen again!