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Admiral Ramsay inspects the invasion fleet prior to D-Day

Admiral Ramsay – Naval commander in Chief of the Allied Naval Expeditionary force for D-Day inspects the invasion fleet in the Solent. Operation Neptune, the codename for the naval operation was the largest amphibious invasion in world history involving around 7000 allied ships of all sizes ,.  Painting by David Cobb.