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The Light of Dawn

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The Light of Dawn tells the story of Operation Overlord – now known as the Battle of Normandy or D-Day – tracing one of the largest military operations man has ever conceived from the summer of 1941 – when Churchill and Roosevelt first broached the issue – to June 6, 1944.

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