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D-Day beaches
Coverage of D-Day beaches in the Nexus archive.
- D-Day beaches inscribed on UNESCO World Heritage List
UNESCO added the D-Day landing beaches in Normandy to its World Heritage List, commemorating a project spanning nearly two decades. The beaches, where Allied forces landed on June 6, 1944, were central to a battle that aimed to liberate Europe from Nazism and end World War II.