WW2 D-Day

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Across
  1. 1. - The most heavily defended and challenging landing beach on D-Day.
  2. 3. - U.S. Army troops who scaled the cliffs at Pointe du Hoc.
  3. 4. - Another of the British and Commonwealth landing beaches.
  4. 5. - Region in northern France where the D-Day landings took place.
  5. 9. - Supreme Allied Commander in charge of Operation Overlord.
  6. 12. - The naval component of Operation Overlord.
  7. 13. - Soldiers who were dropped behind enemy lines before the beach landings.
Down
  1. 1. - The code name for the entire D-Day operation.
  2. 2. - Andrew Higgins, the American boat designer behind the famous landing craft.
  3. 4. - The month in 1944 when Operation Overlord began.
  4. 6. - The artificial harbor constructed off the Normandy coast.
  5. 7. - French town captured by U.S. paratroopers during the operation.
  6. 8. - Bridge captured by British airborne forces during the operation.
  7. 10. - One of the five landing beaches in Normandy for the Allied forces.
  8. 11. - One of the British and Commonwealth landing beaches on D-Day.