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Welcome to the World of Warships HQ! The go-to place for everything World of Warships ⚓️ Here you'll find everything from News, updates, and fun facts about the game and the stunning ships 😱 #worldofwarships #wows #wargaming #giveaway

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Between January and June 1944, British factories produced 7 million jerry cans in preparation for D-Day.

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In an effort to aid recognition, all Allied aircraft were required to wear invasion stripes, except for readily identifiable heavy bombers and seaplanes.

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Choppy waters meant many of the Duplex Drive (DD) “swimming tanks” failed to make it to shore. This was particularly true at Omaha beach.

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There are 44 Days till the 80th anniversary of D-Day! For the next 44 days, We will be sharing some interesting facts about D-Day! We hope you enjoy ⚓️📷 #Worldofwarships #wows #wargaming #gaming #GamingCommunity #GamingNews #DDay #navelhistory #History #WW2

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Britain’s Major General Percy Hobart devised several specialist vehicles for the invasion, including armoured bulldozers and swimming tanks, with around 30,000 practice launches for the swimming tanks undertaken.

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The Allied deception campaign was so successful that even after D-Day, Hitler still believed the Normandy landings were a diversion to cover an attack in the Pas-de-Calais.

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There were around 350,000 Resistance members helping the Allies to prepare for D-Day from inside France, but only 100,000 of these had working weapons.

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The deception plan to keep the Germans guessing as to when and where the invasion would take place was called “Operation Bodyguard”.

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There are 45 Days till the 80th anniversary of D-Day! For the next 45 days, We will be sharing some interesting facts about D-Day! We hope you enjoy ⚓️📷 #Worldofwarships #wows #wargaming #gaming #GamingCommunity #GamingNews #DDay #navelhistory #History #WW2

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Daily D-day Fact ⚓️ 🫡

The deception plan to keep the Germans guessing as to when and where the invasion would take place was called “Operation Bodyguard”.

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To be sure his men wouldn’t let out secrets ahead of D-Day, Terence Otway sent 30 pretty members of the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force, dressed in civilian clothes, into pubs near where his soldiers were training. They were tasked to do all they could to discover the men’s mission. None of the men gave anything away.

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By D-Day, the Americans had shipped over 7 million tonnes of supplies to the UK.

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By the time of the Allied invasion on 6 June, more than 5 million mines had been laid in northern France.

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There are 46 Days till the 80th anniversary of D-Day! For the next 46 days, We will be sharing some interesting facts about D-Day! We hope you enjoy ⚓️📷 #Worldofwarships #wows #wargaming #gaming #GamingCommunity #GamingNews #DDay #navelhistory #History #WW2

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Almost 1 million US soldiers arrived in the UK between 1942 and 1944 in preparation for D-Day. General Eisenhower meets with the 101st Airborne Division on the 5th of June. The General was talking about fly fishing with his men as he always did before a stressful operation. The basic pay for a British infantryman was 3 pounds and 15 shillings a month. Unskilled labourers could earn 6 pounds per month.

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With an Allied invasion of Nazi-occupied Europe seeming ever more likely, in early 1944 Nazi Field Marshal Erwin Rommel was tasked with strengthening the Wall.

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US soldiers earned in the region of £12 per month. As a result, they were very popular with young British women, and 70,000 British women married American servicemen during the war.

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Hitler wanted 15,000 concrete strong points to be manned by 300,000 troops. Ultimately though, this would prove impossible to achieve.

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More than 260,000 workers helped to build the Atlantic Wall, and only 10% of these were German.

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By the time of the Allied invasion on 6 June, more than 5 million mines had been laid in northern France.

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