D-Day - US Assault troops en route for French Invasion
A dramatic photograph of the tightly massed ranks of US assault troops in a landing craft crossing the English channel en route for the Normandy landings. 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
10282375
Media ID
47861027
Size
4406px x 3519px
(2.7MB)
Credit
(c)Robert Hunt Library/Mary Evans
Date
6th June 1944
