Allied paratroopers scattered all over Normandy, France 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 6 1944)


Video: 'Operation Overlord & Neptune (D-Day documentary)' (June 6, 1944, 1:15 a.m. BDST at 12:09)

(Tuesday, June 6, 1944, 1:15 a.m. British Double Summer Time (BDST)/7:15 p.m. Eastern War Time(EWT); five hours before the Normandy landings, part of Operation Overlord on the Western Front of World War II) — Bad weather and pilot error have left many of the 23,400 American and British paratroopers scattered all over Normandy. Many have no idea where they have landed nor how to find their objectives.

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