D-day: Omaha Beach Landing – Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer, Normandy, France
On 6 june 1944 the first wave of soldiers had to wade through this water for many yards …
D-Day
All articlesD-Day refers to June 6, 1944, the day of the Allied invasion of Normandy, France, during World War II. Codenamed Operation Overlord, it involved a massive amphibious assault by American, British, Canadian, and other Allied forces on five beachheads: Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno, and Sword. The invasion aimed to liberate Western Europe from Nazi occupation. It was the largest amphibious operation in history and marked the beginning of the end for Nazi Germany, eventually leading to its surrender in May 1945.
