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9 D-Day’s Beaches

The beaches and bluffs are quiet today, but on 6 June 1944 the Normandy
shoreline witnessed the arrival of the largest armada the world has ever
seen. This patch of the French coast will forever be synonymous with D-Day
(known to the French as Jour-J), and the coastline is strewn with memorials,
museums and cemeteries – reminders that though victory was won on the
Longest Day, it came at a terrible price.
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Utah Beach
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Littry
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