D-Day - Naval Artillery support
A converted landing craft fires rockets to support the landing allied troops. 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
10282377
Media ID
47861069
Size
4704px x 3496px
(1.7MB)
Credit
(c)Robert Hunt Library/Mary Evans
Date
6th June 1944
