June 6 marks the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings onto the beaches of Normandy, France. It was the largest seaborne invasion in history.
PACKAGE: From The Archives: D-Day 1944
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Canadian soldiers from 9th Brigade land on June 6, 1944 with their bicycles at Juno Beach in Bernieres-sur-Mer during D-Day while Allied forces are storming the Normandy beaches. D-Day
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American troops landed on Normandy beaches (north-west of France), to come as reinforcements during the historic D-Day, 06 June 1944
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This file photo taken on June 6, 1944 shows an aerial view of the Allied Naval forces engaged in the Overlord operation of landing while Allied forces storm the Normandy beaches on D-Day
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This 06 June, 1944 US Army image shows wounded US Army troops on Omaha Beach in France during the D-Day invasion