75th Anniversary of the D-Day landings.

75th Anniversary of the D-Day landings.

Largest seaborne invasion in historyOn Tuesday, June 6, 1944 the largest seaborne invasion in history took place – codenamed Operation Neptune this was the naval element of the allied invasion of Normandy – operation Overlord. The Royal Navy played a pivotal role in this operation, some of the tasks and the units carrying them out have been overshadowed in the historical accounts by the images…

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