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![Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower gives the order of the day, "Full victory - nothing else," to paratroopers in England, just before they boarded their airplanes to participate in the first assault in the invasion on June 6, 1944.](http://images02.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/media/history/world-war-ii/2017/01/dwight-eisenhower-gives-orders-1800x1200.jpg?itok=vEPvUp5B "Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower gives the order of the day, "Full victory - nothing else," to paratroopers in England, just before they boarded their airplanes to participate in the first assault in the invasion on June 6, 1944.")
![This graphic tells the story of how the France beachhead was supplied on "D-Day". 6 June 1944 (Photo: National Archives)](http://images02.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/media/history/world-war-ii/2017/01/france-beachhead-supplied-1500x1000.jpg?itok=omJ2ty5e "This graphic tells the story of how the France beachhead was supplied on "D-Day". 6 June 1944 (Photo: National Archives)")
