They did not secure anything prior to D-Day, however the Orne bridge, near Caen was attacked and held by 181 British glider troops just after midnight on the 6 th June. - It was also nicknamed Horsa bridge and later called Pegasus bridge.
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D DAY was the day the allies went to recapture france the battle following Dieppe In World War 2 in comparisson to WW1 in a sense dieppe was like the battle of the sommes and dday was like the battle of vimy ridge. Dieppe was a failure and the lessons learned lead to the success of Dday. Dday played an important part in the allies fate because the allies recaptured france who had fell to russia only 6 weeks into war. this marked the last battle in europe in ww2.
Dday began the Allies' push into mainland Europe, which eventually led to the capitulation of the Third Reich in Germany
Approximately 10,000 soldiers died.The liberation of France.
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