The 4 most dangerous missions American troops carried out 80 years ago on D-Day
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower told his invasion force, "Your task will not be an easy one." He was brutally right.
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- The D-Day invasion was the largest seaborne invasion in history and a turning point in World War II.
- By the end of the Normandy campaign, hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians had been killed or wounded.
- The greatest risks were borne by American troops who arrived in the first wave, seized clifftop artillery, and set up balloons to defend against aerial attacks.
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