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Normandy landings, a Legendary card
The Normandy landings were the landing operations and associated airborne operations on 6 June 1944 of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during the Second World War.
- Rarity
- Legendary
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 85
- DEF
- 100
- Power
- 185
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 2,000,000
Ranked #415 of the 3,000 cards of the base set by power (ATK + DEF).
Normandy landings quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Normandy landings card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Planning for the ______ began in 1943.
Answer
operation. Planning for the operation began in 1943. From the Normandy landings article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
The Normandy landings were the landing operations and associated airborne operations on 6 June ____ of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during the Second World War.
Answer
1940s. The Normandy landings were the landing operations and associated airborne operations on 6 June 1944 of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during the Second World War. From the Normandy landings article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Gulf War. Gulf War 98 · Qing dynasty 92 · Marie Antoinette 88 · Normandy landings 85 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Codenamed Operation Neptune and often referred to as D-Day, it is the largest seaborne invasion in history.
- The operation began the liberation of France and the rest of Western Europe, and laid the foundations for the Allied victory on the Western Front.
- Planning for the operation began in 1943.
Why it is Legendary
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Normandy landings article was read about 2,000,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 85 and blocks with 100: each hit it takes is cut by 40 %.
How to get Normandy landings
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Normandy landings (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Chief Photographer's Mate (CPHoM) Robert F. Sargent, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
