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Normandy
Normandy , Fr. Normandie , region and former province, NW France, bordering on the English Channel. It now includes five departments—Manche, Calvados, Eure, Seine-Maritime, and Orne. Normandy is a region of flat farmland, forests, and gentle hills. The economy is based on cattle raising,... Read more |
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pillbox
pillbox small, low fortification that houses machine guns and antitank weapons. Similar to a blockhouse, it is usually made of concrete, steel, logs, or filled sandbags. Pillboxes came into use during the early 20th cent. in the Belgian and French fortresses that were built before World War I. They... Read more |
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D-Day
D‐Day (1944). At 6:30 a.m. on 6 June 1944, after foul weather had postponed the operation for a day, forty‐seven Allied divisions invaded Normandy in the largest amphibious assault in history. Under Supreme Allied Commander General Dwight D. Eisenhower, the invasion armada... Read more |
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OVERLORD
OVERLORD as the overall codename for the Allied invasion of occupied north-west Europe (see Maps 81 and 82). The assault phase of OVERLORD, the Normandy landings and associated operations, was codenamed NEPTUNE.The Casablanca conference convened in January 1943 (see SYMBOL), gave the initial... Read more |
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