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On June 6, 1944, the Allied invasion of Normandy, France, became the largest amphibious military assault the world had ever seen. The success of the operation, called Operation Overlord and most commonly known as D-Day, is largely credited as being the beginning of the end of World War II. More than 150,000 Allied troops landed on the beaches of Normandy and the operation "put the Allies on a decisive path toward victory." An estimated 11,590 aircraft and 6,938 ships and landing craft were part of the assault, according to the...