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Norse
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Pertaining to ancient scandinavia, including both its inhabitants and the language spoken there.
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Inhabitant, английский
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Norsemen, английский
A collective term for the peoples of ancient scandinavia, especially during the viking period (9th to 11th centuries).
Normandy invasion, английский
Code-named “overlord,” the allied amphibious assault that began on june 6, 1944 (commonly known as d-day), remains the largest seaborne invasion in history. the initial landing forces were smaller than those in operation husky (sicily), but eventually increased to 47 divisions (3 million men). it also posed logistical issues greater than any previously encountered. to compensate for the lack of deepwater ports to handle reinforcements and the vast quantities of supplies, weapons and vehicles needed to support the landing forces, the components of two artificial harbors (code-named “mulberry”) were towed or carried across the english channel, and an underwater pipeline (code-name “pluto”) was laid to supply gasoline from england to france. on the outcome of the invasion hung the fate of europe. if it was repulsed, the united states might well turn its full attention to the pacific war, leaving britain with most of its resources exhausted by the effort. hitler could then turn all his strength against the soviet union and conceivably become master of the entire continent before u.s. forces returned (if ever). in the event, a comprehensive military deception (code-named operation fortitude) persuaded hitler the invasion was only a feint. elite armored divisions, that could easily have overrun the tenuous allied beachheads, were held in the pas de calais to counter the expected full-scale assault by fortitude’s fictitious army corps. following massive overnight air and naval bombardments, and inland parachute and glider landings, over 5,300 ships and 11,000 aircraft, with aerial cover provided by some 5,000 fighters, crossed the english channel to land troops on five code-named beaches in normandy. omaha and utah beaches were assigned to american troops, gold and sword to british, and juno to canadians. the landings were an overall success (with minor casualties except at juno and omaha) but only the canadians achieved their d-day objectives. (see also crossword coincidence.)
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