D-Day - Landing of the 13th/18th Hussars
Troops sheltering on mass on a Normandy beach following the landing of the 13th/18th Hussars. 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
10282367
Media ID
47860900
Size
4533px x 3528px
(2.7MB)
Credit
(c)Imperial War Museum/Robert Hunt Library/Mary Evans
Date
6th June 1944
