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2 08:44 6 th June 2014 What are you going to do today?

3 Meet your friends? Learn something new? 70 years ago today nearly 400,000 men from Britain, Canada, the USA and from around the world began the fight to defeat Nazi Germany

4 By 8:44 on the morning of 6 th June 1944 there has already been fierce fighting for over 2 hours. Thousands are dead or wounded – but the battle for Europe has only just started.

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7 11,590 aircraft + crews 6,939 ships + crews Over 425,000 men from both sides, killed, wounded or missing.

8 Operation; Overlord – Utah Beach, Omaha Beach, Juno Beach, Sword Beach and Gold Beach

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10 Then and Now

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