D-Day: 60 Years On: Battleground

Sunday MirrorJune 06, 2004

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AN armada of 4,000 landing craft and 3,500 amphibious vehicles left before dawn on June 6, 1944, to carry 185,000 Allied troops to Normandy from ports right across England's southern coast...from Falmouth in Devon, to Felixstowe in Essex.

It was the biggest amphibious invasion force ever with British, American and Canadian troops backed by contingents from France, Poland and other over-run countries.

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D-Day: 60 Years On: Battleground

There were heavy casualties as Allied troops st...

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