6/6/1944 1.= F. Allen
D-day has come.
Allied troops were landed under strong
air cover.
Winston Churchill rising in the House
of Commons shortly after midday
said that during the night and the early
hours of this morning an immense
armada of some 4000 ships and smaller
craft crossed the Channel. Landings were
also made behind the enemy lines and
landings from the sea are also taking
place. 11000 first line aircraft are at the
disposal of the invading armies. Reports
are coming in in rapid succession.
The Prime Minister also announced
that the operations are going according
to plan and intensify for the weeks to
come. Mr. Churchill said the troops
embarking during the last few days.
At 9.30 this morning the first communique
was issued wherein it was said that
under the command of General Eisenhower
the landing of the armies began on the North
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