World War II: More than 1,000 British bombers drop 5,000 tons of bombs on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_Germany" id="mw0w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Nazi Germany">German</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_Wall" id="mw1A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Atlantic Wall">gun batteries</a> on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normandy" id="mw1Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Normandy">Normandy</a> coast in preparation for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normandy_landings" id="mw1g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Normandy landings">D-Day</a>.