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On D-Day, the British Second Army, composed of two corps including three British divisions with auxiliary units and services totaling some 62,000 Britons, landed on and around Gold Beach, Sword Beach, and along the Orne River toward Caen. The United Kingdom provided about 80 percent of the Allied warships in Operation Neptune. The Royal Air Force flew 5,656 sorties in direct support of the landing. Air Chief Marshal Arthur Tedder served as Deputy Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force, and the senior land, sea, and air commanders were British.
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