June 6th, 1944
World War II: Battle of Normandy begins. D-Day, code named Operation Overlord, commences with the landing of 155,000 Allied troops on the beaches of Normandy in France. The allied soldiers quickly break through the Atlantic Wall and push inland in the largest amphibious military operation in history. event on June 06, 1944. Read about how to open files in Open File Database.
Events around June 06, 1944
| June 6th, 1944 | Birth | Phillip Allen Sharp, American scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine |
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