D-Day Remembered: 75 Years Later
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- D-Day Remembered: 75 Years Later1943: British troops undertaking invasion exercise using Landing Craft Vehicles in heavy seas. (Photo by Keystone Features/Getty Images)
- D-Day Remembered: 75 Years LaterParatroopers of the Allied land on La Manche coast, on June 6, 1944 after Allied forces stormed the Normandy beaches during D-Day. (Photo by - / AFP) (Photo credit should read -/AFP/Getty Images)
- D-Day Remembered: 75 Years Later(FILES) This photograph from the National Archives taken on June 6, 1944, shows US Army troops wading ashore at Omaha Beach in north-western France, during the D-Day invasion. - In what remains the biggest amphibious assault in history, some 156,000 Allied personnel landed in France on June 6, 1944. An estimated 10,000 Allied troops were left dead, wounded or missing, while Nazi Germany lost between 4,000 and 9,000 troops, and thousands of French civilians were killed. The 75th anniversary of the D-day landings will fall on June 6, 2019. (Photo by Robert F. Sargent / STF / NATIONAL ARCHIVES / AFP /Getty Images)
- D-Day Remembered: 75 Years LaterAllied aircrews work around C-47 transport planes at an unidentified English base in this photo taken shortly before the D-Day landings in Normandy, France. The C-47's dropped parachutists from the US 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions behind Utah Beach near Saint-Mere-Eglise 06 June 1944, during the first hours of Operation Overlord. AFP PHOTO (Photo by - / AFP) (Photo credit should read -/AFP/Getty Images)
- D-Day Remembered: 75 Years LaterUS soldiers gather around trucks disembarking from crafts shortly after D-Day 06 June 1944 after Allied forces stormed the Normandy beaches. D-Day, 06 June 1944 is still one of the world's most gut-wrenching and consequential battles, as the Allied landing in Normandy led to the liberation of France which marked the turning point in the Western theater of World War II. AFP PHOTO (Photo by - / AFP) (Photo credit should read -/AFP/Getty Images)
- D-Day Remembered: 75 Years LaterPeople stand on US military vehicles used during World War II, on the beach in Arromanches-les-Bains, on June 5, 2019, prior to D-Day commemorations marking the 75th anniversary of the World War II Allied landings in Normandy. (Photo by ALAIN JOCARD / AFP) (Photo credit should read ALAIN JOCARD/AFP/Getty Images)
- D-Day Remembered: 75 Years LaterCRICQUEVILLE-EN-BESSIN, FRANCE - JUNE 05: U.S. Army Rangers dressed in the uniforms of U.S. Army Rangers from World War II scale the cliffs of La Pointe du Hoc in a re-enactment of the D-Day assault on June 05, 2019 near Cricqueville-en-Bessin, France. On June 6, 1944 U.S. Army Rangers scaled the cliffs under darkness to attack a fortified German position as part of the Allied D-Day invasion. Veterans, families, visitors and military personnel are gathering in Normandy to commemorate the June 6, 75th anniversary of D-Day, which heralded the Allied advance towards Germany and victory about 11 months later. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)
- D-Day Remembered: 75 Years LaterSANNERVILLE, FRANCE - JUNE 05: 280 Paratroopers from the DAKS Historical Association take part in a parachute drop onto fields at Sannerville on June 05, 2019 in Sannerville, France. Veterans, families, visitors and military personnel are gathering in Normandy on June 6th to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Normandy Landings which heralded the Allied advance towards Germany and victory in Europe 11 months later. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)
- D-Day Remembered: 75 Years LaterCOLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, FRANCE - JUNE 06: Soldiers of the Bundeswehr, the German armed forces, visit an American D-Day memorial that stands on a former German bunker overlooking Omaha Beach in Normandy on the 75th anniversary of the World War II Allied D-Day invasion on June 06, 2019 near Colleville-Sur-Mer, France. 75 years ago American infantry troops stormed Omaha Beach and faced very stiff German resistance, resulting in the loss of over 1,000 American lives. Veterans, families, visitors, political leaders and military personnel are gathering in Normandy to commemorate D-Day, which heralded the Allied advance towards Germany and victory about 11 months later. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)
- D-Day Remembered: 75 Years LaterCOLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, FRANCE - JUNE 06: A World War II re-enactor looks at "D-Day" scrawled in the sand on Omaha Beach in Normandy on the 75th anniversary of the World War II Allied D-Day invasion on June 06, 2019 near Colleville-Sur-Mer, France. 75 years ago, on June 6, 1944, American infantry troops stormed Omaha Beach and faced very stiff German resistance, resulting in the loss of over 1,000 American lives. Veterans, families, visitors, political leaders and military personnel are gathering in Normandy to commemorate D-Day, which heralded the Allied advance towards Germany and victory about 11 months later. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)
- D-Day Remembered: 75 Years LaterCOLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, FRANCE - JUNE 06: U.S. President Donald Trump (C) chats with an American veteran of The Battle of Normandy as First Lady Melania Trump looks on at the main ceremony to mark the 75th anniversary of the World War II Allied D-Day invasion of Normandy as American Battle of Normandy veterans and family members look on at Normandy American Cemetery on June 06, 2019 near Colleville-Sur-Mer, France. Veterans, families, visitors, political leaders and military personnel are gathering in Normandy to commemorate D-Day, which heralded the Allied advance towards Germany and victory about 11 months later. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)
- D-Day Remembered: 75 Years LaterCOLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, FRANCE - JUNE 06: A US Ranger stands amongst the graves at the Normandy American Cemetery during a ceremony marking the 75th anniversary of the World War II Allied D-Day invasion of Nazi occupied northern France on June 06, 2019 in Colleville-sur-Mer, France. Around 12,000 people attended the commemorative ceremony at the Normandy American Cemetery, above Omaha beach, to honour the troops who fell at D-Day 75 years ago. (Photo by Kiran Ridley/Getty Images)
- D-Day Remembered: 75 Years LaterWASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 06: World War II veteran Robert Levine (2nd ) poses for a photograph during a wreath laying ceremony at the National World War II Memorial on the National Mall on the 75th anniversary of D-Day, or Operation Overlord, June 06, 2019 in Washington, DC. As part of the troops coming into Normandy in the week after D-Day, Levin lost his right leg in battle and was a prisoner of war. Several of the veterans at the event participated in the Allied landing in Normandy, France, largest seaborne invasion in history, which turned the tide of World War II and ultimately lead to the defeat of the Nazis. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
- D-Day Remembered: 75 Years LaterWASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 06: People lay flowers at the World War II Memorial during a wreath laying ceremony on the 75th anniversary of D-Day, or Operation Overlord on the National Mall, June 06, 2019 in Washington, DC. Several of the veterans at the event participated in the Allied landing in Normandy, France, largest seaborne invasion in history, which turned the tide of World War II and ultimately lead to the defeat of the Nazis. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
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