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D-Day: An Aerial Armada (Including Troop-Carrying Gliders) To Take Back Occupied Europe

June 6, 2012 Richard Clements

That night, the sight of vast swarms of troop-carrying aircraft must have been impressive. Their overpowering numbers gave the Allied forces the upper hand. At 22.15 on the evening of Jun. 5 1944, the first […]