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the beach where a continent got its exit visa from tyranny stamped in blood and steel.
means a region in northern france, and shorthand for the 1944 allied invasion that cracked open nazi-occupied europe.
from named for the norsemen who settled it in the 10th century, it later lent its name to operation overlord, the june 6 1944 landings on its coastline.
d-day scaleover 156,000 troops landed in a single day
weather gambleeisenhower delayed invasion one day for weather
fake armydecoy force fooled germans into expecting calais
cheese legacysame region invented camembert centuries earlier