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Operation Neptune Spear, executed on May 2, 2011, marked the successful elimination of Osama bin Laden, the world’s most wanted terrorist. A decade-long effort, it integrated intelligence ...

Neptune Spear. The actual raid on bin Laden’s compound was called Operation Neptune Spear, after the trident that appears on the U.S. Navy's Special Warfare insignia.

Operation Neptune: After 14 months of planning, 156,000 men are landed on the German-held beaches of Normandy... By DAILY MAIL REPORTER Updated: 20:11 EDT, 5 June 2009 ...

Tuesday marks the 79th anniversary of the historic D-Day operation. In the midst of World War II on June 6, 1944, Allied forces stormed the beaches of Normandy in Nazi-occupied France.

D-Day began the assault phase (codenamed Operation Neptune) of the wider Allied invasion of northwest Europe led by Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, known as Operation Overlord.