... territory just hours before the landings. These soldiers were to secure the flank and to protect the roads and bridges necessary to fan out after the troops were on the beach. Then, over 1,000 British aircraft dropped more than 5,000 tons of bombs on the German defenses and beaches. At around 7:00, the first ships hit the five beaches and over ... ...

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