

Day of Days: American Stories of D-Day
On June 6, 1944, thousands of Allied service members landed on the shores of northern France with a mission to free western Europe from Nazi tyranny. Over the ensuing hours and days, the men faced decimating machine-gun fire, mortars, and artillery, eventually fighting their way inland, but not before suffering a staggering number of casualties.
On June 6, 1944, thousands of Allied service members landed on the shores of northern France with a mission to free western Europe from Nazi tyranny. Over the ensuing hours and days, the men faced decimating machine-gun fire, mortars, and artillery, eventually fighting their way inland, but not before suffering a staggering number of casualties.
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