Remembering Operation Overlord
National Geographic honoured the 75th anniversary of D-Day, June the 4th 1944, when the Allied Forces began the world's largest amphibious invasion on the beaches of Normandy, France.
Some of the statistics of this operation are as follows:
156,115 Allied troops landed in Normandy
11,590 Allied aircraft supported the landings
6939 Allied naval vessels were deployed
11 Allied nations took part in Operation Overlord
We remember in particular the 209,000 Allied and civilian casualties who helped create the freedom we enjoy to this day.
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