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Between June 6 and Aug. 21, more than 2 million Allied troops landed in Northern France. Relative to the larger battle of Normandy, the D-Day landings represented only a small percentage of overall combatants.
[Pictured: Troops of the US Army 2nd Infantry Division march up the bluff at Omaha Beach, Normandy, France, on June 7, 1944.]
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