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====Airborne landings====
[[File: Operation Overlord (the Normandy Landings)- D-day 6 June 1944 B5245.jpg|200px300px|thumb|left| Allied troops on D-Day]]
D-Day was the greatest sea-born invasion in history, but airborne forces played a crucial role in the invasion.<ref> Keegan, p. 13</ref> The Allied High Command ordered that British, American and other allied paratroopers be dropped behind the German positions to capture territory and to disrupt the Nazis supply lines and even to cut-off their units on the beaches in Normandy. The film accurately portrays the paratroopers who landed in Normandy by gliders or by parachuting into the area. These men played a crucial role in the success of the Allied landings and displayed incredible bravery.
