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On Sat. 27 may 1944 In a Daily Telegraph crossword puzzle the word "Ov.....

1944-05-27

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In a Daily Telegraph crossword puzzle the word "Overlord" appeared as one of the answers. This caused considerable consternation among Allied invasion planners as "Overlord" was the codename for the whole D-Day operation

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