D-Day 1944 - Page 3© Ralph Zuljan
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Sep 1, 2000
Ultimately, an operations plan was agreed upon, all preparations were completed, the Allied invasion forces were marshalled and the date for the invasion was set: D-Day was to be June 5, 1944. It was postponed because of poor weather.
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