EXCLUSIVE: The greatest invasion in history was made up of heroic soldiers, sailors, and airmen from Britain and her Allies.

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The Normandy landings on D-Day -- June 6, 1944 -- began the end to World War II. IMAGE: US troops move onto Utah Beach, Normandy, June 6, 1944. Photographs: Kind courtesy Wikimedia Commons The ...

Explore the history of D-Day, the Allied invasion of Normandy in World War II, and the sacrifice of 2,500 US troops in the bloodiest invasion of World War II.

(CNN) — Friday marks 81 years since D-Day, the first day of the Normandy landings that laid the foundations for the Allied defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II.

What happened on D-Day? The US troops were assigned to Utah beach at the base of the Cotentin Peninsular and Omaha Beach at the northern end of the Normandy coast.