Normandy Invasion, also called OPERATlON OVERLORD, during World War II, the Allied invasion of western Europe, which was launched on June 6, l 944 (the most celebrated D-Day of the war), with the simultaneous landing ofU.S., British, and Canadian forces on five separate beachheads in Normandy, France. By the…
Mu'allaqat, Al-, collection of seven pre-Islamic Arabic qasida (odes), each considered to be its author's best piece. Since the authors themselves are among the dozen or so most famous poets of the 6th century, the selection enjoys a unique position in Arabic literature, representing the finest of early Arabic poetry.Taken together, the poems…