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D-Day, on June 6, 1944, put Allied troops ashore on five Normandy beaches code named Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno and Sword. About 156,000 soldiers crossed from England by sea and air in the first day of a plan called Operation Overlord, under the command of General Dwight Eisenhower. The D in the name was ordinary military shorthand for the day an operation begins.

D Day word search (Medium)

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Words in the D Day word search

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d day: Military term for the launch day of an operation.
normandy: Region of northern France where the landings happened.
invasion: Armed entry into territory held by an enemy.
june sixth: The 1944 date of the Normandy landings.
beaches: Shorelines where troops came ashore under fire.
allies: The nations fighting together against Germany.
france: Occupied country the landings set out to free.
england: Country the invasion fleet sailed from.
omaha: Beach where American forces met the heaviest fire.
utah: Westernmost landing beach, taken by American troops.
gold: Middle beach assaulted by British forces.
juno: Beach assigned to Canadian troops on D-Day.
sword: Easternmost landing beach, taken by the British.
eisenhower: Supreme commander who gave the order to go.
overlord: Codename for the whole Normandy invasion plan.
paratrooper: Soldier dropped behind the lines by parachute.
landing craft: Flat bottomed boat that ran troops onto the sand.
tide: Rising water that shaped the landing timetable.
bunker: Concrete shelter built into the German coastal defenses.
glider: Engineless aircraft towed in with troops and gear.

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