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D-Day: The All-Or-Nothing Gamble...

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D-Day: The All-Or-Nothing Gamble That Won WWII

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Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of Northern France is still the most ambitious amphibious military operation of all time. It took years of planning and an enormous amount of resources but was a complete success. This success was far from guaranteed however.

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