Name: A Key to Victory
Duration: 142
Description: D-Day raised-relief map of Utah Beach prepared U.S. troops for the 1944 invasion of Normandy.

This raised-relief map of Normandy's Utah Beach offered&nbsp;U.S. military strategists&nbsp;a detailed, bird's-eye-view of the topography troops would encounter during Operation Overlord.

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D-Day raised-relief map of Utah Beach prepared U.S. troops for the 1944 invasion of Normandy.

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