D-Day And The Liberation of Europe.

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by  History.com Editors, Jonathan Gordon (ed.)

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While the Liberation of Paris
became the natural end for
the invasion of Normandy, it
was not always the case. There
had been an understandable
wariness about getting into
a street battle through the
French capital and Hitler had
ordered the city to be razed
rather than taken by the Allies
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DEFINING MOMENTS
JET POWERED
In a major step forward for the advancement of air travel,
the de Havilland DH 106 Comet made its first flight on
27 July 1949, lasting just over 30 minutes, marking the
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