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Allied codename for the Battle of Normandy
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Operation Overlord
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German fortifications along the French coast built to repel the invasion
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Atlantic Wall
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British beach where over 900 Allied troops died during an invasion rehearsal
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Slapton Sands
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English seaside town where the Supreme Allied Commander sited his HQ
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Portsmouth
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Allied deception plan that involved mobilising fake armies and inflatable tanks
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Operation Fortitude
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Spanish double agent who played a leading role in decieving the Germans about where the invasion would happen
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Juan Pujol Garcia "Garbo"
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Supreme Allied Commander
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General Dwight Eisenhower
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Deputy Supreme Allied Commander
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Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder
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Overall commander of the Allied ground forces during D-Day
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General Bernard Montgomery
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Commander of the US First Army during D-Day, the "GI's General"
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General Omar Bradley
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Commander of the main British and Canadian armies during D-Day
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General Sir Miles Dempsey
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Overall commander of Allied Naval Operations
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Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsay
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Supreme Commander of the German Army in the West (OB West)
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Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt
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General who supervised the Axis defence of the French coast from the invasion threat
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Field Marshal Erwin Rommel
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Date and year of D-Day
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6th June, 1944
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Operational name of the British Glider assault on the Orne River and Caen Canal
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Operation Deadstick
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Bridge captured during that assault^
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Pegasus Bridge
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First Allied soldier to be killed, during the Glider assault
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Lieutenant Herbert 'Den' Brotheridge
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British officer who led the Glider assault
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Major John Howard
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Actor who portrayed ^ this officer in "The Longest Day" and was himself part of the real Glider assault
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Richard Todd
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9mm British submachine gun used extensively during the invasion
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Sten Gun
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11.43mm American submachine gun used extensively during the invasion
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Thompson M1A1
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7.62mm American semi-automatic rifle used extensively during the invasion
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M1 Garand
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US Parachute Regiment CO whose troops defended the town of St Mere Eglise
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Colonel Benjamin H Vandervoort
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Nickname given to the specially modified tanks used by British forces
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Hobart's Funnies
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Primary American tank used in the invasion
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M4 Sherman
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Amphibious swimming tank that was a variant of the above^
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DD "Duplex Drive" Tank
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Primary British tank used in the invasion
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Churchill MkVII
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Primary German tank during the invasion
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Panzer Mark IV
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Primary transport aircraft of the Airborne Landings
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Douglas C-47 Skytrain "Dakota"
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Signalling device used by the 101st US Airborne Division to communicate in enemy territory
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Cricket
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Prominent headland assaulted by the US 2nd Ranger Battalion
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Pointe du Hoc
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Commander of the 2nd Ranger Battalion in that assault^
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Lieutenant Colonel James Rudder
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Landing beach where US forces suffered heavy losses
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Omaha Beach
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French commune above Omaha Beach
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Vierville-sur-Mer
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Nickname given to the LCVP Landing Craft used in the invasion
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Higgins Boat
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American photographer and journalist who landed with the second wave of troops at Omaha Beach
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Robert Capa
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Explosive charge used to force gaps in the barbed wire at Omaha
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Bangalore Torpedo
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First American soldier to come ashore from a landing craft on D-Day
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Captain Leonard T. Schroeder
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Eldest son of the 26th US President who was the first senior officer ashore at Utah Beach
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Brigadier General Theodore Roosevelt Jnr
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American writer who landed and saw combat at Utah Beach
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J D Salinger
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British senior officer who brought his personal piper with him when he landed at Sword Beach
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Brigadier Simon Fraser, 15th Lord Lovat
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The name of that piper, who marched up Sword Beach playing his bagpipes in the face of enemy fire
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Private Bill Millin
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Free French Commando leader who landed his troops at Sword Beach
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Captain Philippe Kieffer
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First French village liberated on D-Day
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Ranville
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First French City liberated, home of a famous tapestry
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Bayeux
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Strategic peninsular that needed to be secured to link the Utah and Omaha invasion enclaves
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Cotentin Peninsular
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Fortification threatening Sword Beach that was a primary target for the British 9th Parachute Battalion
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Merville Gun Battery
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Main Canadian landing beach
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Juno Beach
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Airfield that was a primary capture target of the forces that landed on Juno Beach
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Carpiquet Airfield
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Town near Juno Beach liberated by the Queen's Own Rifles of Canada
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Bernieres-sur-Mer
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Canadian Star Trek actor who was a Lieutenant and fought at Juno Beach
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James Doohan
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Royal Navy Beach Master at Juno Beach
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Captain Colin Maud
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Artificial port set up on Gold and Omaha Beaches
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Mulberry Harbour
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Town on Gold Beach where one of the artificial ports was constructed
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Arromanches-les-Bains
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British Royal Navy Light Cruiser that bombarded Gold Beach prior to the landings
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HMS Ajax
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City that was identified as a vital objective for troops on Sword and Juno Beaches
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Caen
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Characteristic terrain of Western Normandy that hampered US troops as they forged inland
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Bocage
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What the letters G.I. stood for
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Government Issue/Galvanised Iron
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American historian and biographer who wrote "Band of Brothers" and an account of D-Day
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Stephen E. Ambrose
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Name of the 1998 Steven Spielberg film based around D-Day
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Saving Private Ryan
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