‘Hitler’s Atlantic sea wall has been breached,’ the headlines scream, ‘with 10,000 tons of bombs clearing the way.’

At daybreak, thousands of Allied troops ‘dropped from the skies of Normandy and swarmed up the beaches from thousands of landing craft, renewing the battle for France and Europe which had been broken off four years ago at Dunkerque.’

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