D-Day in pictures: Remembering 'The Longest Day'

The Normandy landings took place on Tuesday, 6 June 1944 as Operation Overlord by Allied forces during World War II.
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D DAY (Image: By Knight (Capt), No 5 Army Film & Photographic Unit via Wikimedia Commons)

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British Forces during the Invasion of Normandy 6 June 1944 (Image: By No 5 Army Film & Photographic Unit, Midgley (Sgt) via Wikimedia Commons)

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(Image: By No 5 Army Film & Photographic Unit, Mapham J (Sgt) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons)

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By No 5 Army Film & Photographic Unit, Waterhouse (Sgt) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

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By McNeill, M H A (Lt), Royal Navy official photographer [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

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By Laws G (Sgt), No 5 Army Film & Photographic Unit [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

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By United States Military Academy?s Department of History (www.dean.usma.edu) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons