D-Day Anniversary

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2020 Date	6 June 2020
2021 Date	6 June 2021

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D-Day Anniversary in 2020

Saturday, 6 Jun

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D day Anniversary is a day of awareness and appreciation to all people that fought in Normandy to defeat the Nazis and re-establish freedom. Normandy will bear the scars of this moment in history. Every year on June 6, the world pays tribute to all veterans that bravely fought the Nazis.

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76th Anniversary Of D - Day There are not enough words for me to describe the admiration , pride and deepest respect I have for the thousands of young boys/men that took that terrifying trip to Normandy 76 years ago today . Thank you all . LEST WE FORGET 🇬🇧🌺#DDay76 #Dday https://t.co/bZ58AgK74E
— British Tri Services (@BritishTriserv1) June 6, 2020

It is a disgrace that 'Black Lives Matter' protestors have defaced the statue of Churchill in Parliament Square, London on the anniversary of D-Day. https://t.co/v6d13uDSZd
— David Kurten (@davidkurten) June 6, 2020

Today is the anniversary of D Day, The Normandy Landings, which marked the beginning of the end of Nazi Germany. Instead of paying respects to those brave souls who lost their lives for the freedom we enjoy today, we are likely to have riots & desecration of memorials in London. https://t.co/OViQLkH6Va
— Littleblonde1 (@ElzMo3008) June 6, 2020

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According to CNN, the exact number of casualties is not known. It is estimated that approximately 10,000 Allied soldiers were killed, wounded and or went missing in action: 6,603 Americans, 2,700 British and 946 Canadians.
According to History's blog post, D-Day comes from the army’s use of the term undefined day or the first day of any operation.