0h 16min, jun 6, 1944 y - D-Day begins
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June 6, 1944 at 0:16 AM: the first of the gliders glide through the darkness to land near Bénouville in France. The gliders crash land but ten minutes later the target bridges are captured by the Allies. They send out the coded success signal: Ham and Jam.
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D-Day The UK Campaigns
brief timeline of some of the major events of D-Day
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