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Old 06-06-2012, 01:56 PM
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Default Operation Overlord

better know as D-Day...68th anniversary of course it today. a tremendous undertaking, and a huge success for the allies. months in the planning, delayed a day because of weather. complete with staging training of a fake army, lead by the very real gen. patton..he initially was insulted when given his orders, but came to enjoy the job. and they did such a good one, they had hitler convinced the invasion would come thru calais, the closest point of land across the english channel. altho rommel insisted the atlantic wall was the true target, and pleaded for reinforcements, hitler ignored him and continued to send men and supplies to calais.


so...

who can name the five codenames for the beaches without looking it up?
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