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The plan for the attack across the English Channel was put in motion at the Tehran Conference in 1943, where Allied leaders chose American general Dwight Eisenhower as Supreme Allied Commander for the operation.
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James Powel, USA Today, 7 June 2025
The weather that day crossing the English Channel was harsh.
—The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 6 June 2025
Robinson, who shared the story on his YouTube channel, told CNN the wreck was discovered at a depth of 75 meters (246 feet) in the English Channel, 30 miles south-east of Plymouth last Fall.
—Lianne Kolirin, CNN Money, 6 June 2025
Doing so required the greatest armada ever assembled — nearly 7,000 ships and boats, supported by more than 11,000 planes — carrying almost 133,000 troops across the English Channel to establish toeholds on five beaches stretching across 50 miles of the Normandy coast on June 6, 1944.
—Medianews Group, Hartford Courant, 4 June 2025
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James Powel, USA Today, 7 June 2025
The weather that day crossing the English Channel was harsh.
—The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 6 June 2025
Robinson, who shared the story on his YouTube channel, told CNN the wreck was discovered at a depth of 75 meters (246 feet) in the English Channel, 30 miles south-east of Plymouth last Fall.
—Lianne Kolirin, CNN Money, 6 June 2025
Doing so required the greatest armada ever assembled — nearly 7,000 ships and boats, supported by more than 11,000 planes — carrying almost 133,000 troops across the English Channel to establish toeholds on five beaches stretching across 50 miles of the Normandy coast on June 6, 1944.
—Medianews Group, Hartford Courant, 4 June 2025
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