D-Day - Victim of the Assault on the Beaches
A dead American GI. A stark reminder of the terrible toll of human lives during the first waves of attacks of the Normandy invasion. 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
10282391
Media ID
47863415
Size
4379px x 3528px
(2.5MB)
Credit
(c)Robert Hunt Library/Mary Evans
Date
6th June 1944
