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Normandy in June 1944 during World War II. Reinforcements wade through the surf from a landing craft in the daysįollowing D-Day and the Allied invasion of Nazi-occupied France at serviceman attend a Protestant service aboard a landing craft before the D-Day invasion on the coast of France, June 5, 1944. Improvements were called for after the invasion the hard-won knowledge Glider-borne troops of the 82nd and 101st airborne divisions. Probably one of the few Allied missteps on June 6, and there was much toĬriticize both in the training and equipment given to paratroopers and The decision to launch theĪirborne attack in darkness instead of waiting for first light was Normandy on D-Day June 6, 1944, in France. Paratroopers fix their static lines before a jump before dawn over Over the English Channel en route to the Normandy French coast for theĪllied D-Day invasion of the German stronghold during World War II, June Paratroopers, heavily armed, sit inside a military plane as they soar

Troops prepare for the descent on Europe of D-Day invasion June 6, Participated in landing operations during the invasion of Southernįrance Jon the day before D-Day. James, USNR, of New York, N.Y., briefs officers and men who

Invasion of the continent of Europe, June 5, 1944. Men board their planes to participate in the first assault wave of the Royal Air Force base in Greenham Common, England, three hours before the Nothing else" to paratroopers of the 101st Airborne Division at the American Soldiers equipped with full pack and extra allotments of ammunition, march down an English street to their invasion craft for embarkation on June 6, 1944.(AP Photo)Ĭommander Dwight Eisenhower gives the order of the day "Full victory.