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Marsailles in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Marsailles in Great Britain. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

2 records1 event labels1 people1944–1944

Historical events in Marsailles

1944

4 August 1944
Operation Overlord
Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill · World War, 2nd

Wants Eisenhower to transfer "D-Day" from Marsailles to Brest, Eisenhower refuses

9 August 1944
Operation Overlord
Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill · World War, 2nd

Fails to persuade Eisenhower to transfer D-Day from Marsailles to Brest

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