Rickard Donovan: Planner of DDay 1944

#OnThisDay 1944 The Allied armies landed on five designated beaches of Normandy. Most of the meticulous planning of the largest amphibious landing in world history was done by Wexford man Rickard Donovan, who did it while seriously ill with TB.

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