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When was dday?

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D-Day was June 6, 1944 - the Allied invasion of German-occupied France in Normandy. The code word for D-Day was Mickey Mouse.

(Note: D-Day is simply a codeword, like H-Hour.)

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on Tuesday the 6th June 1944 6.30 in the summer time D.Day started

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