U.S. INVADES FRANCE!!!

Early on the morning of June 6th, U.S. military forces in coordination with Canadian and European allies, invaded France. More than 4,000 ships and several thousand smaller boats crossed the English Channel to the northern coast of France. So far, on June 7th, the fighting was still fierce. From a BBC report on the fighting in northern France: Thousands of Allied troops have begun landing on the beaches of Normandy in northern France at the start of a major offensive against the Germans. Thousands of paratroops and glider-borne troops have also been dropped behind enemy lines and the Allies are already said to have penetrated several miles inland. The landings were preceded by air attacks along the French coast. FULL REPORT...

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