D-Day - Overcoming wire defences
Landed allied troops find little more than a single line of wire defences at this section on this section of the Normandy coast. 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
10282373
Media ID
47860993
Size
4704px x 3275px
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Credit
(c)Robert Hunt Library/Mary Evans
Date
6th June 1944
