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Omaha Beach, site of one of the D-Day landings Source: AAP

It's been 75 years since the World War 2 D-Day landings on the 6th of June, 1944.

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Published 5 June 2019 1:51pm

By Bethan Smoleniec

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What were the D-Day landings?

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It's been 75 years since the World War 2 D-Day landings on the 6th of June, 1944.

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