June 6, 1944: ‘D Day’ 66 years later

A day like today began implementing “Operation Overlor” that he planned the Normandy invasion, considered the turning point in World War II.

Historians estimate that this morning of June 6, 1944 about 156.000 soldiers landed on the different beaches in the province. Recently, the American National Foundation to D-Day Memorial has revised those numbers, determining that the correct number of deaths is 4.414 , including U.S. 2.499.

The invasion began at dawn, with the release of members of the U.S. and British airborne divisions, which tried to neutralize part of the German defensive barrier to facilitate the landing.

The gunfire came from a combined naval force that included 1.213 warships and thousands of landing craft of all types and detonated several mines laid by the Germans on the beaches, destroying numerous defensive positions, as a preamble to the landing of men.

Experts argue that this day, when Allied troops penetrated into the French coast, marked the beginning of the liberation of Western Europe occupied by Nazi Germany during World War II.

It should be noted that the terms D-Day and H Hour now used to mark the day and time at which to start an attack or operation when the day and time have not yet been determined or where secrecy is essential.

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