360What happened in 1944?
2 moments from 1944 on 360n60, each told in 60 words or fewer.
- On this day · 6 June 1944
D-Day: Allied forces land in Normandy
On 6 June 1944, Allied forces landed on the beaches of Normandy in France, in the largest seaborne invasion in history, with about 156,000 troops on the first day. It opened a new front in western Europe, and within a year the Second World War in Europe was over.
- 1944 · from The 1940s: the Second World War and the United Nations
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