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June 28th 2010 02:52
June 6th, 2010, marked the 66th anniversary of the successful 1944 Allied invasion of France.
The operation was the largest amphibious invasion of all time, with over 160,000 troops landing. Allied naval and merchant navy personnel in over 5,000 ships were involved. The invasion required the transport of soldiers and material from the United Kingdom by troop-laden aircraft and ships, the assault landings, air support, naval interdiction of the English Channel and naval fire-support. The landings took place along a 50-mile (80 km) stretch of the Normandy coast divided into five sectors: Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno and Sword.
To celebrate the anniversary, The Big Picture at Boston.com put together this collection of rare photographs of the landing. View the full photoset here.
The operation was the largest amphibious invasion of all time, with over 160,000 troops landing. Allied naval and merchant navy personnel in over 5,000 ships were involved. The invasion required the transport of soldiers and material from the United Kingdom by troop-laden aircraft and ships, the assault landings, air support, naval interdiction of the English Channel and naval fire-support. The landings took place along a 50-mile (80 km) stretch of the Normandy coast divided into five sectors: Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno and Sword.
To celebrate the anniversary, The Big Picture at Boston.com put together this collection of rare photographs of the landing. View the full photoset here.
Coast Guard Flotilla 10 tied up along with British landing craft, preparing to sail the English Channel and invade Nazi-occupied France. These landing craft landed U.S. troops on Omaha Beach.
n A-20 from the 416th Bomb Group making a bomb run on D-Day, 6 June 1944.
American soldiers wade from Coast Guard landing barge toward the beach at Normandy on D-Day, June 6, 1944.
Allied soldiers, vehicles and equipment swarm onto the French shore during the Normandy landings, June 1944.
Two U.S. soldiers escort a group of ten German prisoners on Omaha Beach, June 1944.
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