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Pluto

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

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Chronological records

1944

Winston Leonard Spencer ChurchillJune 1944

English Channel, The · Warfare / World War, 2nd

An oil pipeline is laid beneath the English Channel from Britain toward Normandy as part of Operation PLUTO.

Names involved

Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill

Provenance

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