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- 10th June 1944: A wounded American soldier smiles and waves as he is carried on a stretcher by medics, while being transported to England from France during World War II. The soldier probably took part in the D-Day invasion of Normandy on June 6. (Photo by New York Times Co./Getty Images)
- The Normandy landings were the landing operations on Tuesday, 6 June 1944 of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during World War II. Codenamed Operation Neptune and often referred to as D-Day, it was the largest seaborne invasion in history. The operation began the liberation of German-occupied northwestern Europe from Nazi control, and laid the foundations of the Allied victory on the Western Front. 6th June 1944. (Photo by Daily Mirror/Mirrorpix/Getty Images)
- Paratroopers of the Allied land on La Manche coast, on June 6, 1944 after Allied forces stormed the Normandy beaches during D-Day. (Photo by - / AFP) (Photo credit should read -/AFP/Getty Images)
- The first American casualty to reach England following the Aliied invasion of occupied Europe is lifted from an aeroplane by medics. The wounded paratrooper received a small arms wound in the head from enemy fire during the D-Day landings . 6th June 1944. (Photo by Daily Mirror/Mirrorpix/Mirrorpix via Getty Images)
- WW2 casualties from the initial assault on D Day are helped ashore on Sword Beach. The 1st Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment, together with elements of the Middlesex Regiment make their way up the beach from their landing crafts 6th June 1944 (Photo by Daily Mirror/Mirrorpix/Mirrorpix via Getty Images)
- Des soldats canadiens de la 6ème brigade participant à la deuxième vague du débarquement arrivent sur les côtes normandes, le 06 juin 1944, équipés de bicyclettes. Canadian soldiers from 9th Brigade land on June 6, 1944 with their bicycles at Juno Beach in Bernieres-sur-Mer during D-Day while Allied forces are storming the Normandy beaches. D-Day, 06 June 1944 is still one of the world's most gut-wrenching and consequential battles, as the Allied landing in Normandy led to the liberation of France which marked the turning point in the Western theater of World War II. / AFP PHOTO / STRINGER (Photo credit should read STRINGER/AFP/Getty Images)
- Just as this Coast guard LCI noses into a French invasion beach to debark it's load of American troops, a German mine explodes close off its port bow, France, June 6, 1944. Exposed to enemy fire in the beach dashes, the Coast Guard Coxswain and Gun Crew felt the first fury of German shell and machine gun fire, as well as the blasts of hidden mines. (Photo by PhotoQuest/Getty Images)
- Resolute faces of paratroopers just before they took off for the initial assault of D-Day, June 6, 1944. The paratrooper in the foreground has just read General Eisenhower's message of good luck and clasps his bazooka in the other hand. (Photo by PhotoQuest/Getty Images)
- Set to be flown to spearhead the beginning of the battle for the liberation Europe, men of an infantry paratroop regiment are shown inside a Douglas C-47 of the Ninth Air Force Troop Carrier Command, over France, June 6, 1944. (Photo by PhotoQuest/Getty Images)
- A mortar crew stands back just before firing into a Nazi position somewhere along the Normandy Coast, France, June 6, 1944. (Photo by PhotoQuest/Getty Images)
- FRANCE - MARCH 01: The French heroes of D-Day in France in March, 2004 - Claude Roza, fighter pilot on June 6, 1944. Log book entries for May 5, 1945, the surrender of the German army. Photos of the celebrating pilots and mechanics. Jacques Andrieux is first from right on right hand side photo. Roza is first from left on left hand side photo. (Photo by Xavier ROSSI/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)
- Aerial view showing accurate bombing and explosions on a German division command post in Normandy during D-Day, June 6, 1944. (Photo by USAAF/Interim Archive/Getty Images)
- A large group of American assault troops take a breather behind the comparative safety of the chalk cliffs, before moving inland, Colville-Sur-Mer, Normany, June 6, 1944. They are members of the 3rd Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division. (Photo by PhotoQuest/Getty Images)
- The USS Tide, a Navy minesweeper that preceded the invasion armada to the coast of Normandy, dies in the waters off France, June 6, 1944. This striking picture, made from a Coast Guard fighting ship, shows the stricken vessel (center) burning as two other ships stand by the pick up survivors. A few moments later the USS Tide sank to the bottom. (Photo by PhotoQuest/Getty Images)
- View of American assault troops of the 3rd Battalion, 16th Regiment, 1st US Infantry Division, who failed in their attempt to storm across a narrow strip of beach in Colville-Sur-Mer, are located in the comparative safety of a chalk cliff a few hundred feet from the surf, France, June 6, 1944. (Photo by PhotoQuest/Getty Images)
- News pictures from the battle area undergoing censorship - (L-R) Lt. W.J. Regain of Brooklyn, NY; Capt. C.C. Tascherean, from Quebec, Canada; Capt H. Walsh, of The Royal Armoured Corps; and Capt. C.E. McLeod of Beaufort, South Carolina, in Bloomsbury, England, June 6, 1944. (Photo by PhotoQuest/Getty Images)
- C-47 transports of the Ninth USAF Troop Carrier Command tow gliders over the north coast of France to reinforce with airborne infantry the Allied paratroopers landed earlier in the morning of June 6, 1944. The English Channel is in the background. These planes, part of the greatest troop-carrying armada ever assembled, roared out of English skies throughout 'D-Day' to start the battle for the liberation of Europe. (Photo by PhotoQuest/ Getty Images)
- An A-20 Havoc of the 9th USAF on its way to blast enemy installations in northern France, passes over Allied naval craft heading toward the coast to unload men and equipment for the initial phase of the assault for the liberation of Europe, June 6, 1944. (Photo by PhotoQuest/Getty Images)
- Operation Overlord: An assault unit completes boarding a Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel (LCVP) or the APA 26 USS Samuel Chase. 6th June 1944. GIs are wearing assault vests characteristic for D-Day. This is a second trip after the assault in the morning. Near Omaha Beach, Normandy, France. (Photo by Galerie Bilderwelt/Getty Images)
- Two U.S. soldiers rescue others from the sea in front of Omaha Beach. 6th June 1944. Many soldiers drowned because they had not inflated their life jackets. Photo: Louis Weintraub. Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy, France. (Photo by Galerie Bilderwelt/Getty Images)
- A long column of German prisoners is walking along the beach behind barbed wire. June 6, 1944. Behind them are two light tanks M5A1 and ships in the water. Utah Beach, Normandy, France. (Photo by Galerie Bilderwelt/Getty Images)
- Nurses administer a plasma transfusion to a wounded survivor of a landing craft at "Fox Green" sector portion of Omaha Beach. 6th June 1944. The Soldiers are from the 16th Infantry Regiment , 1st Infantry Division. The man sitting on the right wears a hood with a marking and a B painted on his jacket. The flag on the far right is a flag of the Red Cross. Photo: Louis Weintraub. Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy, France. (Photo by Galerie Bilderwelt/Getty Images)
- An U.S. landing craft is approaching Omaha Beach. 6th June 1944. It is covered with thick white smoke. Barbed wire installations can be seen along the beach. Normandy, France. (Photo by Galerie Bilderwelt/Getty Images)
- American soldiers are trying to help a comrade lying on his stomach. All these men are of Engineers 5th or 6th Engineer Special Brigade (ESB). 6th June 1944. Photo: Louis Weintraub. Easy Red sector, Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy, France. (Photo by Galerie Bilderwelt/Getty Images)
- 14 guns of the battleship USS Nevada (BB-36) are in action on the morning of June 6. 6th June 1944. They are firing on Azeville battery north of Utah Beach. Channel destination Normandy, France. (Photo by Galerie Bilderwelt/Getty Images)
- German prisoners are kept in an enclosure with barbed wire. 6th June 1944. They will later be taken to camps in England. Utah Beach, Normandy, France. (Photo by Galerie Bilderwelt/Getty Images)
- UNITED KINGDOM - JUNE 06: The French heroes of D-Day in United Kingdom on June 06, 1944 - Claude Roza, fighter pilot on June 6, 1944. Group photo with a Spitfire. Rosa is first from left. (Photo by Xavier ROSSI/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)
- Civilian American men and women and one sailor at a small newsstand on the corner of Hollywood and Vine read newspapers which report the Normandy invasion, Los Angeles, 10:00 am, June 6, 1944. The banner headline on the 9 am final edition of the Los Angeles Times reads simply 'Invasion.' (Photo by Ralph Crane/Time & Life Pictures/Getrty Images)
- 6th June 1944: Bombs are unloaded from a Norwegian merchant ship onto an American amphibious landing craft during the Invasion of Normandy by allied forces. (Photo by Keystone Features/Getty Images)