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Here is a special bulletin read by John Snake.

D Day has come.

Early this morning the Allies began the assault on the northwestern face of Hitler's European fortress.

The first official news came just after half past nine when Supreme Headquarters of the Allied Expeditionary Force

issued Communique Number One. This said, under the command of General Eisenhower,

Allied Naval Forces supported by strong air forces began landing Allied armies this morning on the

northern coast of France.

June the 6th this year marked 80 years since D-Day which saw Allied troops attacking Nazi forces in Normandy France via sea, land and air.

The assault marked the beginning of the liberation of Western Europe and victory on the Western

Front and D-Day has been described as the single most important military operation the world had ever seen.

But if an army marches on its stomach, what was fueling the troops going into that crucial battle which signified the beginning of the end of the war?

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