80th Anniversary of D-Day Landings

On June 6, 1944, more than 156,000 American, British and Canadian troops stormed 50 miles of Normandy's fiercely defended beaches in northern France. The operation, given the codename OVERLORD brought together the land, air, and sea forces of the allied armies in what became known as the largest amphibious invasion in military h...Read more
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D-Day Drop - Troop of the 11th Airborne Division hit the silk over a drop zone here today as Exercise Swarmer. Army air invasion maneuver, gets underway. Object in foreground is a 105mm howitzer, dropped just before the men with a 100-foot-parachute, landing upside down. April 28, 1950. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).
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Varberg, Sweden - Piper L-4 Cub in US Army D-Day colors.Varberg, Sweden - Piper L-4 Cub in US Army D-Day colors.
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France: June, 1944 Allied soldiers and medics carrying stretchers wade ashore after disembarking from transport vessels along the French coast.
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Photograph of D-Day landing craft, boats and seagoing vessels used to convey a landing force (infantry and vehicles) from the sea to the shore during an amphibious assault. Dated 1944
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Photograph of American troops approaching Omaha Beach, Normandy, on D-Day. Dated 20th Century
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Normandy, France: June 7, 1944 American assault troops landing on Omaha Beach durng the D-Day invasion of France.
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Normandy, France: June 18, 1944 An endless line of troops and supply trucks head from Omaha Beach into the hills of Normandy to begin the drive on Germany's Fortress Europe.
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Veterans of the D-Day Landings with their flags in a parade at the start of the 60th Anniversary Commemorations.
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World War two D-day landings Omaha beach, Normandy, France 1944
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Normandy, France: June 13, 1944 Allied reinforcement troops landing on Normandy beaches during the invasion of France a week after D-Day.
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Medals of a Veteran soldier of the D-Day Landings worn for a parade of Veterans at the start of the 60th Anniversary Commemorations.
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The Visit of the Prime Minister, Winston Churchill To Caen, Normandy, 22 July 1944 The Prime Minister, the Rt Hon Winston Churchill, MP, with men of the 50th Division who took part in the D-Day landings. Behind the Prime Minister is General Sir Bernard Montgomery.
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American soldiers go ashore during the Normandy landings. landing operations on Tuesday, 6 June 1944 (termed D-Day) of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during World War II.
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Normandy, France: June 6, 1944 Navy Seabees pilot heavily-laden "Rhino Ferries" to the beaches of Normandy as the D-Day invasion of France begins. The Rhino Ferry is a Seebee concept, a long self-propelled pontoon barge that can run in close to a shallow beach.
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US troops ready to board landing ships at Weymouth, England for the D Day Normandy Invasion 1944
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D-DAY Anniversary Illustration design
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President Barack Obama shakes hands with a veteran during the 65th anniversary of D-Day in Normandy, France June 6, 2009.
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Photograph of Medium Tanks Unloading with LCT-153 and LST-325 in BackgroundArmy men loading landing craft with food supplies at an English port, in preparation for France invasion. Medium tanks unloading with LCT-153 and LST 325 in background. Pre D-day. 1943 - 1968.
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a young woman dressed in wwii military uniform with helmet showing signboard with 75 th of D-Day anniversary
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050917-N-7723L-076. Complete Scene Caption: Historical re-enactors and living historians, portraying World War II era American Soldiers, depart a Landing Craft Utility (LCU 1680), assigned to Assault Craft Unit Two (ACU-2), recreating the amphibious Allied assault against German Army positions on Omaha Beach, Normandy, France, during the 6th Annual D-Day Conneaut Public Historic Battle Re-Enactment held along the Lake Erie shoreline at Conneaut, Ohio (OH). These re-enactors are participating with other American, Canadian, and European re-enactors and living historians who are recreating and simulating Allied and Axis soldiers involved in Operation Overlord, the Allied D-Day invasion of Hitlers Festung Europa (Fortress Europe) on June 6, 1944. Base: Conneaut State: Ohio (OH) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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97-year-old American World War II veteran, George Merz, renders a salute, June 3, 2022, during the D-Day 78th Anniversary Events, at Montebourg, Normandie, France. George Merz enlisted in the army on May 12, 1943, was assigned to the 818th Military Police Company and landed in Normandy on June 13, 1944.
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A kid from Carentan holds up a 1st Infantry Division patch during a D-Day commemoration parade at Carentan, France, June 6, 2022. This year, U.S. Army Europe and Africa commemorates the 78th anniversary of D-Day, the largest multi-national amphibious landing and operational military airdrop in history, and highlights the U.S.' steadfast commitment to European allies and partners.
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A Soldier assigned to 4th Sustainment Brigade, 4th Infantry Division waves the 4th Sustainment Brigade's colors during the Utah Beach physical fitness competition held May 23 at Fort Carson, Colo. Utah Beach was the code name for one of the five sectors of the Allied invasion of German-occupied France in the Normandy landings on June 6, 1944 (D-Day), during World War II.
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World War II paratroop reenactors float down toward their landing zone near the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force on April 27, 2022, at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. A total of 17 reenactors jumped from two WWII-era C-47 Skytrains that had also dropped paratroopers over Normandy on D-Day.
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D-day - British Forces during the Invasion of Normandy 6 June 1944 HMS WARSPITE, part of Bombarding Force 'D' off Le Havre, shelling German gun batteries in support of the landings on Sword area, 6 June 1944. The photo was taken from the frigate HMS HOLMES which formed part of the escort group.
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U.S. Soldiers with 75th Ranger Regiment scale the cliffs like Rangers did during Operation Overload 75 years ago at Omaha Beach, Pointe du Hoc, Normandy, France, June 5, 2019. More than 1,300 U.S. Service Members, partnered with 950 troops from across Europe and Canada, have converged in northwestern France to commemorate the 75th anniversary of Operation Overlord, the WWII Allied invasion of Normandy, commonly known as D-Day. Upwards of 80 ceremonies in 40 French communities in the region will take place between June 1-9, 2019, the apex being held June 6th at the American Cemetery at Colleville sur Mer.
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Omaha Beach, D-Day, June 6, 1944Behind them was a great invasion armada and the powerful sinews of war. But in the first wave of assault troops of the 29th (Blue and Gray) Infantry Division, it was four rifle companies landing on a hostile shore at H-hour, D-Day--6:30 a.m., on June 6, 1944. The long-awaited liberation of France was underway. After long months in England, National Guardsmen from Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia found themselves in the vanguard of the Allied attack. In those early hours on the fire-swept beach the 116th Infantry Combat Team, the old Stonewall Brigade of Virginia, clawed its way through Les Moulins draw toward its objective, Vierville-sur-Mer. It was during the movement from Les Moulins that the battered but gallant 2d Battalion broke loose from the beach, clambered over the embankment, and a small party, led by the battalion commander, fought its way to a farmhouse which became its first Command Post in France. The 116th suffered
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NORMANDY, France (June 6, 2019) Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy (MCPON) Russell Smith, left, and Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. John Richardson visit the Normandy American Cemetery in Normandy, France, June 6, 2019. Today marks the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings along the Normandy coast during World War II.
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Allied Navy .Transport vehicles, WWII.
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The WW2 American D-Day landing Omaha Beach monument Les Braves on the beach at Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer at sunset, Normandy, France, Europe
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The WW2 US Navy D-Day Monument near the Utah Beach Landing Museum at Sainte-Marie-du-Mont, Normandy, France, Europe
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Arromanches-les-Bains, D-Day, Gold Beach, remains of the artificial landing harbour, Mulberry Harbour, Normandy, in the background the pontoons of the artificial harbour for the supply of the landing troops, France, Europe
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Infographics ofthe naval operationin Normandy onJune 6, 1944by the Allies duringWorldWar II. [Adobe Illustrator (.ai); 3818x5000.
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Infographic about Operation Overlord, which involved the landing of Allied troops in Normandy to liberate France from the Nazi invasion. Encapsulated Postscript File (.eps); 5000x3256.
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D. Day - 6th June 1944 - Invasion Of France - France War Files (See Also: Normandy, France); (See Also: Military General Pluto Pipeline). September 28, 1943.
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An invasion Port-somewhere on the Channel Coast-just before H-Hour on D-Day. Ninth Air Service Command soldiers file onto waiting craft in a British port. Their job: to pave the way for Ninth Air force Combat Units on the continent
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British and American gliders lie side by side in French pastures where they landed airborne infantry on D-Day.
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Officers of one of Bulldozer battalions of the Ninth Engineer Command which built the first American emergency landing strip on the Continent pause on one of the beach-heads on "D-Day" plus one to examine a map with Maj. Gen. Ralph Royce, deputy
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First pictures of the Allied landings in France are being removed from Lockheed P-38 Lightning camera plane (F-5) after Lt. Col. C.A. Shoop returned from photo reconnaissance flight over the landing beaches on D-Day.
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After Supporting The Beach Landings In Southern France On 'D' Day, North American B-25 Mitchells Of The Tactical Air Force Went On To Attack Axis Communications In The Rhone Valley. Here The Mitchells Are Coming Off Their Target, A Road Bridge 65 Miles N
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U.S. Soldiers with 75th Ranger Regiment scale the cliffs like Rangers did during Operation Overload 75 years ago at Omaha Beach, Pointe du Hoc, Normandy, France, June 5, 2019. More than 1,300 U.S. Service Members, partnered with 950 troops from across Europe and Canada, have converged in northwestern France to commemorate the 75th anniversary of Operation Overlord, the WWII Allied invasion of Normandy, commonly known as D-Day. Upwards of 80 ceremonies in 40 French communities in the region will take place between June 1-9, 2019, the apex being held June 6th at the American Cemetery at Colleville sur Mer.
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A C-130J Super Hercules aircraft flies over a formation of Airmen as they participate in a ceremony to remember veterans of World War II on the 70th anniversary of D-Day June 6, 2014, in Picauville, France. The event was one of several commemorations of D-Day operations conducted by Allied forces. The morning of June 6, 1944, Allied forces conducted a massive airborne assault and amphibious landing in the Normandy region of France. The invasion marked the beginning of the final phase of World War II in Europe, which ended with the surrender of Germany the following May.
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D-day - British Forces during the Invasion of Normandy 6 June 1944 Part of 6th Airlanding Brigade, 6th Airborne Division, waiting to leave RAF Tarrant Rushton on the evening of 6 June 1944. On the runway are Hamilcar heavy gliders, preceded by two Horsa troop-carrying gliders, while parked on each side of them are Handley Page Halifax glider-tugs of Nos. 298 and 644 Squadrons RAF.
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Preparations For Operation Overlord (the Normandy Landings)- D-day 6 June 1944 Daylight bombing raid on the railway yards at Tourcoing, France by aircraft of 2nd Tactical Air Force. Photograph taken by an RAF cameraman flying in one of the attacking Boston aircraft.
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illustration of U.S.A D-Day background
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U.S.A D-Day background
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Invasion Build-up- Preparations For the D-day Landings, UK, 1944 At a port somewhere in Britain, boxes of rations are swung from the jetty into a barge in preparation for transportation to the Second Front.
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Invasion Build-up- Preparations For the D-day Landings, UK, 1944 Women of the ATS check vehicle in an Royal Army Ordnance Corps depot, somewhere in Britain, in preparation for the opening of the Second Front.
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Invasion Build-up- Preparations For the D-day Landings, UK, 1944 A line of army trucks awaits collection along a tree-lined lane or path, somewhere in Britain. They will soon be collected by various units and transported to the Second Front. In the foreground, an ATS mechanic can be seen sitting on the wheel arch of one of the vehicles, her back to the camera. Another member of the ATS can be seen walking down the lane into the distance.
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Invasion Build-up- Preparations For the D-day Landings, UK, 1944 A row of army X-ray laboratory trucks wait at an Ordnance Depot, somewhere in Britain, for collection and transportation to the Second Front.
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