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𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑨𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏𝒗𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝑭𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆, 𝒄𝒐𝒅𝒆-𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒅 𝑶𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒍𝒐𝒓𝒅, 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒍𝒂𝒖𝒏𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒅 𝒐𝒏 𝑱𝒖𝒏𝒆 6, 1944, 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒊𝒎𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒆𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒇 𝑼.𝑺., 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒔𝒉, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑪𝒂𝒏𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒄𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝒇𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝑵𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒚, 𝑭𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒗𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒄𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒍𝒖𝒅𝒆𝒅 7,000 𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒑𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒄𝒓𝒂𝒇𝒕 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒚 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 195,000 𝒏𝒂𝒗𝒂𝒍 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒏𝒆𝒍 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒆𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒅 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔.

𝑨𝒍𝒎𝒐𝒔𝒕 133,000 𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒐𝒑𝒔 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑼𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝑺𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒔, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒔𝒉 𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒘𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒕𝒉, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒅 𝒐𝒏 𝑫-𝑫𝒂𝒚, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒂𝒔𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒅𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒏𝒖𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒅 10,300.0

𝑩𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝑨𝒖𝒈𝒖𝒔𝒕 1944, 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒐𝒇 𝒏𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒏 𝑭𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒃𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒗𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒄𝒆𝒔 𝒓𝒆𝒐𝒓𝒈𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒛𝒆𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒓𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝑮𝒆𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒚, 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒎𝒆𝒆𝒕 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝑺𝒐𝒗𝒊𝒆𝒕 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒄𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒅𝒗𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒏 𝒆𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑵𝒂𝒛𝒊 𝑹𝒆𝒊𝒄𝒉.

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