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The Greatest Invasion : Eve of D-day : June 5th, 1944
The Greatest Invasion : Eve of D-day : June 5th, 1944 On 5 June 1944, after a one-day delay due to weather, 255 minesweepers (mostly British) left ports in southern England, led in a symbolic gesture by the Polish destroyer Orp Slazak (a British destroyer …