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Days of Might: The Bet Is Called

People of Western Europe! A landing was made this morning on the coast of France by troops of the Allied Expeditionary Force.… Citizens of France! I am proud to have again under my command the gallant forces of France. Fighting beside their Allies, they will play a worthy role in the liberation of their homeland.

— General Dwight D. Eisenhower

Supreme Commander, Allied Forces

June 6, 1944