D-DAY PICTURES AND STORIES THAT CAPTURE THE GRAVITY OF THE NORMANDY INVASION

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D-Day Pictures And Stories That Capture The Gravity Of The Normandy Invasion

On D-Day, more than 160,000 Allied troops converged on a single stretch of coastline to begin the Normandy invasion — and turn the tide of World War II.


“You are about to embark upon the Great Crusade, toward which we have striven these many months,” began Supreme Allied Commander Dwight D. Eisenhower’s order of the day for June 6, 1944. “The eyes of the world are upon you. The hope and prayers of liberty-loving people everywhere march with you.”


As Allied troops boarded their transports in southern England bound for France’s Normandy coast, they received a written copy of this order. And on any other day, such words might have sounded grandiose.


However, this was D-Day, the beginning of the Allied invasion of Western Europe. On this day, more than 160,000 American, British, and Canadian soldiers spearheaded a campaign that would ultimately take them through Nazi-occupied France and into Germany, where they helped seal Allied victory in the European theater of World War II. On this day, Eisenhower’s words certainly matched the gravity of the moment. As the iconic D-Day pictures that followed would later show, this was a moment of nearly unprecedented carnage and heroism.



“Into the Jaws of Death — U.S. troops wading through water and Nazi gunfire." A U.S. landing craft approaches Omaha Beach during the D-Day invasion.Robert F. Sargent, U.S. Coast Guard/National Archives and Records Administration via Wikimedia Commons


Canadian soldiers land on Courseulles Beach in Normandy during the D-Day invasion.STF/AFP/Getty Images


American soldiers recover the dead on Omaha Beach following the completion of the initial assault of Operation Overlord.Walter Rosenblum/Library of Congress/Wikimedia Commons


Various American landing craft gather on Omaha Beach following the landings.U.S. Maritime Commission/Library of Congress


U.S. troops, among the first to land, approach the beaches of Normandy, likely near Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer.Robert F. Sargent/United States Coast Guard/Galerie Bilderwelt/Getty Images


American soldiers, injured while storming Omaha Beach, recover just after the landings.Wikimedia Commons


The lifeless body of an American soldier lies on Omaha Beach soon after the landings.National Archives


During the D-Day landings, American soldiers pull survivors from a sunken landing craft onto shore at Omaha Beach.U.S. Army/Interim Archives/Getty Images


American troops tend to the wounded and fallen on Omaha Beach during the D-Day invasion.Galerie Bilderwelt/Getty Images


General Dwight D. Eisenhower addresses soldiers just before the commencement of Operation Overlord.National Archives


Hordes of military craft land on Omaha Beach as part of Operation Overlord.Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images


U.S. soldiers wait in a landing craft as it approaches Omaha Beach.Wikimedia Commons


An American soldier in Normandy soon after the invasion.Bob Landry/The LIFE Images Collection/Getty Images


American craft cross the English Channel soon before landing in Normandy.PhotoQuest/Getty Images


Reinforcements disembark from a landing barge on the beaches of Normandy.Hulton Archive/Getty Images


Soon after D-Day, American servicemen use a captured Nazi flag as a tablecloth.FPG/Hulton Archive/Getty Images


A U.S. landing craft filled with troops approaches the French coast as part of Operation Overlord.Galerie Bilderwelt/Getty Images


American soldiers land at Omaha Beach during the Normandy invasion.U.S. Army Signal Corps./Wikimedia Commons


German soldiers surrender to Allied troops in Quinville, France just after D-Day.U.S. Army/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images


American paratroopers about to take off toward Normandy.Time Life Pictures/U.S. Air Force/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images


U.S. Army Rangers sit on board a landing craft assault vessel in Weymouth Harbour, England as it prepares to head for Normandy. The soldier at the far left, First Sergeant Sandy Martin, was killed during the landing.Galerie Bilderwelt/Getty Images


British soldiers assist the wounded at Sword Beach.Imperial War Museums/Wikimedia Commons


American paratroopers about to take off for the Normandy invasion.National Archives/Wikimedia Commons


American soldiers lie dead in the area of Omaha Beach.Imperial War Museums/Wikimedia Commons


American soldiers are trying to help a comrade in the Easy Red beach sector.Galerie Bilderwelt/Getty Images

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