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2. The Longest Day (film) - Wikipedia

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   The Longest Day is a 1962 American epic war film based on Cornelius Ryan's 1959 non-fiction book of the same name [3] about the D-Day landings in Normandy on June 6, 1944. The film was produced by Darryl F. Zanuck for 20th Century Fox, and is directed by Ken Annakin (British and French exteriors), Andrew Marton (American exteriors), and ...

3. HNoMS Svenner (G03) - Wikipedia

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   She was built for the Royal Navy as the S-class destroyer HMS Shark but on completion was lent to the Norwegian Armed Forces in exile. Svenner was sunk off Sword, one of the Allied landing zones in Normandy, at dawn on 6 June 1944 while supporting the British Army Normandy landings.

4. List of Allied warships in the Normandy landings - Wikipedia

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   508 ships (352 British, 154 US and 2 other Allied): HMS Lark Modified Black Swan class Sloop - Convoy escort from Thames Estuary Spithead onward to Eastern Task Force Area / Beachhead Convoy ETP1 HMS Bulolo , Landing Ship Headquarters (LSH) for Gold Beach carrying tri-service commanders and staff

5. List of ships in Omaha Bombardment Group - Wikipedia

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   Below is a list of ships responsible for bombarding targets at Omaha Beach as part of the Normandy landings on June 6, 1944, the opening day of Operation Overlord, the Allied operation that launched the successful invasion of German-occupied western Europe during World War II.

6. List of ships in Gold Bombardment Group - Wikipedia

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   Below is a list of ships responsible for bombarding targets at Gold Beach as part of the Normandy landings on 6 June 1944, the opening day of Operation Overlord.This force, code-named "Bombarding Force K", and commanded by Rear Admiral Frederick Dalrymple-Hamilton of the Royal Navy, was a group of eighteen ships responsible for bombarding targets in support of the amphibious landings on Gold ...

7. Looking back at the beaches of Normandy on D-Day: June 6, 1944

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   On June 6, 1944, the largest seaborne invasion in history took place as Allied forces stormed the beaches of Normandy, beginning the end of WWII. ... June 6, 1944, with the storming of France's ...

8. USS Thompson (DD-627) - Wikipedia

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   For the remainder of 1944, Thompson operated off the east coast of the United States. On 3 January 1945, the destroyer joined Convoy UGS-86, bound for North African ports. Entering Mers-El-Kebir on 20 January, she remained in North African waters until 1 February, when she joined the screen of Convoy GUS-68, en route to the United States.

9. Operation Overlord - Wikipedia

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   Operation Overlord was the codename for the Battle of Normandy, the Allied operation that launched the successful liberation of German-occupied Western Europe during World War II. The operation was launched on 6 June 1944 with the Normandy landings (Operation Neptune).