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• D-Day was the start of Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of Nazi-occupied western Europe
• It took place on 6 June 1944
• 156,000 Allied troops landed along a 50-mile stretch of occupied France's coastline to fight Nazi Germany
• D-Day had been planned for more than a year, and those who were to take part spent several months training
• The ambitious air and sea assault was dependent on a combination of factors, including the weather, tidal conditions and surprise
• It was originally scheduled for 5 June
• Storms forced Supreme Allied Commander Gen Dwight Eisenhower to put it back 24 hours. Finally, the weather improved and he gave the command
• A total of 156,000 men took part in D-Day, but many times that number were to be involved in the ensuing campaign over the next few months
• A total of 6,000 ships and landing craft were involved, delivering troops to five beaches along a carefully selected stretch of the Normandy coast

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