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Bombing of Normandy

Great Britain · Warfare / World War, 2nd. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1944Date range
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Chronological records

1944

Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill5 June 1944

Normandy · Warfare / World War, 2nd

The highest tonnage of bombs in one night during the war is dropped by Britain

Names involved

Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill

Provenance

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