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Where did the Allied D-Day landings take place on 6 June 1944?
- aNormandyCorrect answer
- bCalais
- cDunkirk
- dNorway
Why?
On D-Day Allied forces landed on the beaches of Normandy in northern France. The Germans had expected the main attack near Calais, but it did not come there.
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