US Army troops seen marching through the streets of an embarkation port on the coast of England on their way over to Normandy, France. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)
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Members of a US combat engineer unit marching aboard an LST or Landing Ship-Tank at an English port, ready for the invasion of Europe. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)
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US troops landing in northern France on D-Day, 6th June 1944. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
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American assault troops and equipment landing on Omaha beach on the Northern coast of France, the smoke in the background is from naval gunfire supporting the attack. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)
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American soldiers on an invasion craft during the D-Day landings. (Photo by PNA Rota/Getty Images)
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American troops and transport seen disembarking from the landing craft on the shores of France. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)
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American medics administer first aid to wounded soldiers on Utah beach in Normandy, France, whilst in the background other troops 'dig-in' in the soft sand. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
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Bomber crews of the US Ninth Airforce leave their B26 Marauder aircraft after returning from a mission to support the D-Day landings in Normandy by disrupting German lines of communication and supply. (Photo by Fred Ramage/Keystone/Getty Images)
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Taken on D-Day, the fields of Northern France are covered with Waco gliders of the Ninth Airforce Troop Carrier Command, whilst other gliders prepare to land, whilst Douglas C 47 glider tugs leave the area. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)
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A British soldier, encamped in a small English village, gives the thumbs-up as he awaits his orders for D-Day. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)
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A long line of LST or Landing Ship-Tanks, each towing a protective barrage_balloon, are seen heading away from the English coast carrying supplies to the French beachhead. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)
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Members of an American armoured unit seen here being lined up for a briefing from their commanding officer prior to receiving their D-Day assignments. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)
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American troops with their equipment boarding a landing craft ready for embarkation to France. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
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A line of American Paratroopers with full equipment filing along to their Douglas C 47 transports ready for the Invasion. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
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US Assault Troops seen here landing on Omaha beach during the Invasion of Normandy. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)
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US soldiers in full battle-dress boarding an LCVP or Landing Craft Vehicle-Personnel, ready for the Invasion of Europe. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)
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In the distance American Infantrymen are wading towards the beach on the Northern Coast of France during the D-Day Landings. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)
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American troops helping their injured friends from a dinghy after the landing ship they were on was hit by enemy fire during the Allied invasion of France on D-Day. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)
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Troops of the Canadian 3rd Division, leaving their ship with their bicycles, at Juno beach along the coast of Normandy, France on D-Day. (Photo by G. Milne/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
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American troops, part of the Allied Expeditionary Force, wading ashore beside their amphibious tanks during the initial landings in France. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
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People in the City of London rush to buy the first newspapers giving news of the Allied D-Day landings in Normandy. (Photo by Fred Morley/Fox Photos/Getty Images)
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American assault troops wading ashore on Omaha beachhead in Normandy. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)
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Landing craft protected by barrage balloons make their way over to France. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)
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British troops on their way to Normandy to take part in the D-Day landings. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)
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One of the first pictures of the D-Day landings in Normandy, showing US jeeps and men landing on the French coast. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)
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American soldiers on a landing craft on their way to the Normandy beaches, during the invasion of Europe. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)
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British commandos who landed in Normandy on 6th June set out to capture a Nazi gun site, which is protected by enemy snipers. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)
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Survivors from a landing craft which sank off Omaha Beach, Normandy, come safely ashore on a life raft. (Photo by Weintraub/Keystone/Getty Images)
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A 'Rhino' barge unloads its cargo onto a French beach. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)
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US troops in landing craft, during the D-Day landings. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)