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 | British an d Canadian Forces landing in the morning of D-Day, 6th June 1944. The poster shows allied forces of the 3rd Canadian Division beginning their breakout from the coast past of the port of Courseulles-sur-Mer. |  | 12/17/2008 | 1,025 | 
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 | Caen airport in Normandy (Caen Carpiquet) proposes national and international flights at the departure and bound for Caen |  | 12/16/2005 | 189 | 



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 | Aerial reconnaissance photo of the Cussy-Authie-Franqueville area (Northwest of Caen), Calvados France, July 6th 1944. |  | 12/18/2008 | 410 | 
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 | Yap runway (Caroline Island Group) was target on 22 June 1944 for Consolidated B-24 Liberators of 13th Air Task Force, which bombed and destroyed 16 Japanese planes set five fuel trucks afire, and completed the roundtrip of about 2,100 miles with no looses. |  | 02/27/2007 | 232 | 



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 | Aerial image of the Pegasus Bridge area of Normandy taken on 6th June 1944. This was the scene of the first British landing on D-Day, when men of the 6Th Airborne Division used gliders (which can be clearly seen in the image) to land behind enemy lines and secure the bridge over the Caen Canal. This was later re-named 'Pegasus' bridge, in honour of the badge worn by the 6th Airborne. |  | 10/23/2008 | 474 | 
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 | Photograph taken on 28 June 1944, after hitting the railway bridge and yards of Migennes.
Two tracks cut and train damaged by direct hit on south edge of bridge. About three tracks blocked by debris from one hit and 4 near misses on embankment west of bridge. |  | 10/27/2008 | 107 | 
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 | This fortress is still proudly standing in the middle of the city. The building was started by duke William the conqueror (probably in 1060) and was continued by his sons Henri 1er and Henri II until 1120.
It has survived to 1944 heavy bombing and shelling during the Normandy battle which smashed the town to the ground. |  | 12/15/2005 | 214 | 



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 | Detailed aerial view, Exit D3, taken 6 June 1944 at 1230 hrs.
(Photograph U.S. National Archives)
See also overall view of Easy Red:
http://www.gearthhacks.com/dlfile25563/Omaha-Beach,-6-June-1944-(Overlay-I).htm |  | 05/30/2007 | 832 | 



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 | Detailed aerial view, Exit E1, taken 6 June 1944 at 1230 hrs.
(Photograph U.S. National Archives)
See also overall view of Easy Red:
http://www.gearthhacks.com/dlfile25563/Omaha-Beach,-6-June-1944-(Overlay-I).htm |  | 05/30/2007 | 729 | 



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 | Bombing of Metz, Germany - Mission #141 of the 303rd BG, 25 April 1944
Photo taken from: B-17G #42-32027 Betty Jane 427BS — Altitude: 20,400 feet, Pilot: 2Lt Phil W. O'Hare
http://www.303rdbg.com |  | 09/14/2008 | 679 | 
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 | The most severe bombing of Sofia ever occurred on March 30, 1944. Some 370 american heavy bombers flied upon Sofia destroying 3575 buildings. The casualties were relatively modest due to the preliminarily evacuation of the civilians. The target of the bombing, as the image clearly depicts, were neither military installations, nor armed forces, but the very historical downtown of the city of Sof... |  | 11/09/2009 | 1,041 | 
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 | Bombing of Metz, France - Mission #226 of the 303rd BG, 12 August 1944
Photo taken from: B-17G #42-97781 The '8' Ball MK III 359BS — Altitude: 20,200 feet, Time: 10:46:30, Pilot: 1Lt Lewis M. Walker
http://www.303rdbg.com |  | 09/14/2008 | 685 | 
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