1944

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{{Year nav|1944}} '''1944''' was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ==Events== *June 6 – WWII – D-Day: 155,000 Allied troops shipped from England land on the beaches of Normandy in northern France, beginning Operation Overlord and the Invasion of Normandy. The Allied soldiers quickly break through the Atlantic Wall and push inland, in the largest amphibious military operation in history. This operation helps liberate France from Germany, and also weakens the Nazi hold on Europe. ==Births== *[[February 17]] - [[Harvey LeRoy Wilhelm]] (d. [[2012]]) ==Deaths== [[Category:Year]][[Category:1940s]]

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