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Allied Landings in France: the First One Was in 1942, It Turned Into a Tragedy

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It is a little-remembered fact that the Normandy invasion of June 6, 1944, was not the first attempted landing in Europe. The first attempt came two years earlier, in August 1942, when thousands of British and Canadians landed at the port of Dieppe.
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Allied Landings in France: the First One Was in 1942, It Turned Into a Tragedy

It is a little-remembered fact that the Normandy invasion of June 6, 1944, was not the first attempted landing in Europe. The first attempt came two years earlier, in August 1942, when thousands of British and Canadians landed at the port of Dieppe.

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Deník.cz broke the news in on Thursday, August 21, 2025.
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