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D Day June 6 1944

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kcvet

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More than 156,000 troops landed on five beaches along a 50-mile stretch in an operation often considered the beginning of the end of World War II in Europe.

73,000 Americans participated in the D-Day Invasion and nearly 2,500 were killed, according to US National D-Day Memorial Foundation.

The invasion marked the beginning of an 80-day campaign to liberate Normandy, which involved 3 million troops and cost the lives of 250,000.

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not many know they came real close to blowing it. the capture of U-505 on Jun 4

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_submarine_U-505
 
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Of the 1,155 U-boats Germany sent into combat, 725 had been sunk in the longest battle of the war. Lasting nearly six years, over 35,000 German sailors had put to sea, with 28,744 never returning – a death rate of 82 percent, the highest casualty rate of any armed forces of any conflict in the history of modern war. Yet in this appalling casualty rate, there was never any shortage of men to enlist in the U-boat service, and until the very last day, the men of the U-boat service stood ready to put to sea at a moments notice.
 

Catavenger

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Thank you for reminding us of this anniversary, something was going through my mind but unfortunately I had forgotten that Jun 6 was D-DAY.
 
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