D-Day - Assault of American troops
US Assault troops wading ashore. D-Day began on June 6th, 1944 at 6:30am and was conducted in two assault phases - the air assault landing of allied troops followed by an amphibious assault by infantry. The Normandy landings were the largest single-day amphibious actions ever undertaken, involving close to 400, 000 military and naval personnel
Picture No
10282386
Media ID
47863360
Size
4533px x 3528px
(1.6MB)
Credit
(c)Imperial War Museum/Robert Hunt Library/Mary Evans
Date
6th June 1944
