D-Day - Coastguard landing barges under heavy fire
Coastguard landing barges under heavy fire from Nazi defended machine gun posts on the mainland. Soldiers waist-deep in water move forward to attack through the surf. 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
10282382
Media ID
47863315
Size
4483px x 3528px
(1.8MB)
Credit
(c)Imperial War Museum/Robert Hunt Library/Mary Evans
Date
6th June 1944
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