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d day was the moment the free world learned that the liberation of western europe had begun. enslaved and occupied peoples heard on the radio that this moment had come. it had been long expected but no one knew where or when the invasion force would come. in fact hitler personally believed it would be to the east at the pas de calais and that history s largest armada was in fact a diversion. let s see if we can watch this moment all the award of the legion d honneur to bettering wren, christian lamb, from the french president. to our bettering wren. veteran wren.
From the column: "D-Day was assuredly the decisive military event of (World War II) . The Normandy landings constituted a supreme feat of organization, planning, skills and courage."
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