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Vintage Behind The Scenes Video of Planning the Normandy Invasion in World War II

This United States War Department film reveals the intense behind-the-scenes planning that led up to the historic invasion of ...
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WW2: Battle Of France (Invasion of France) (Intense Footage)

History Purposes Only!! Battle of France, (May 10–June 25, 1940), during World War II, the German invasion of the Low ...
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Elderly WWII vets return to France, hand over duty of remembering D-Day

OMAHA BEACH, France (AP) — The D-Day generation, smaller in number than ever, is back on the beaches of France where so much blood was spilled 81 years ago. World War II veterans, now mostly ...
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The Only Black, All-Female Unit to Serve Overseas in World War II Receives the Congressional Gold Medal

Members of the Six Triple Eight in Rouen, France, in 1945 Archive Photos / Getty Images When Congress voted to bestow its highest honor on the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion in 2022, only ...