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Supreme Allied Commander U.S. Army Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower speaks with 101st Airborne Division paratroopers before they board airplanes and gliders to take part in a parachute assault into Normandy as part of the Allied Invasion of Europe, D-Day. Click for more from Army.mil![size0_army_mil_2007_06_06_120537]()
Barges carrying supplies for soldiers are challenged by pounding surf along the Normandy coast, D-Day, June 6, 1944. Click for more from Army.mil![size0_army_mil_2007_06_06_120442]()
A paratrooper boards an airplane that will drop him over the coast of Normandy for the Allied Invasion of Europe, D-Day, June 6, 1944. Soldiers of the 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions parachuted behind enemy lines during the night, while fellow servicemen assaulted Normandy beaches at dawn. Click for more from Army.mil![size0_army_mil_2007_06_06_120515]()
Soldiers wade through surf and Nazi gunfire to secure a beachhead during the Allied Invasion, June 6, 1944. Click for more from Army.mil![size0_army_mil_2007_06_06_120525]()
Soldiers crowd a landing craft on their way to Normandy during the Allied Invasion of Europe, D-Day, June 6, 1944. Click for more from Army.mil![size0_army_mil_2007_06_06_120454]()
Army Air Corps photographers documented D-Day beach traffic, as photographed from a Ninth Air Force bomber on June 6, 1944. Note vehicle lanes leading away from the landing areas, and landing craft left aground by the tide. Click for more from Army.mil![size0_army_mil_2007_06_06_120553]()
Members of a landing party help injured soldiers to safety on Utah Beach during the Allied Invasion of Europe on D-Day, June 6, 1944. Click for more from Army.mil![size0_army_mil_2007_06_06_120600]()
Soldiers move onto Omaha Beach during the Allied Invasion of Europe on D-Day, June 6, 1944. Click for more from Army.mil![size0_army_mil_2007_06_06_120615]()
Soldiers of the 8th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division, move over a seawall on Utah Beach during the Allied Invasion of Europe. Click for more from Army.mil![size0_army_mil_2007_06_06_120624]()
Medics attend to wounded soldiers on Utah Beach in France during the Allied Invasion of Europe on D-Day, June 6, 1944. Click for more from Army.mil![size0_army_mil_2007_06_06_120633]()
Soldiers of the 16th Infantry Regiment, wounded while storming Omaha Beach, wait by the chalk cliffs for evacuation to a field hospital for treatment, D-Day, June 6, 1944. Click for more from Army.mil![size0_army_mil_2007_06_06_120641]()
Gliders fly supplies to soldiers fighting on Utah Beach during the Allied Invasion of Europe, D-Day, June 6, 1944. Click for more from Army.mil![size0_army_mil_2007_06_06_120700]()
The spirit of the American soldier: This beachhead is secure. Fellow soldiers erected this monument to an American soldier somewhere on the shell-blasted coast of Normandy. Click for more from Army.mil![size0_army_mil_2007_06_06_120648__1_]()
German troops surrender to soldiers during the Allied Invasion of Europe, D-Day, June 6, 1944. Click for more from Army.milD-Day: 68 years later
During the D-Day invasion of Normandy, France, which took place 68-years-ago today on June 6, 1944, more than 160,000 Allied troops stormed the French beaches (code name: Omaha, Utah, Juno, Gold and Sword) in the largest amphibious assault in human history. The following images were taken from the U.S. Army's digital archive.
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- D-Day: 68 years later
