On June 6, 1944, 74 years ago, one of the largest and boldest military operations in history began. Named "D-Day, " it was an invasion orchestrated by the Allied countries during World War II, when more than 160, 000 troops landed on the Normandy coast in France.
We at Mega Curioso have already published several D-Day stories here - to learn more, be sure to access this link, this and this one as well or take a look at articles related to this publication - but how photos help tell stories ( often better than words), we decided to share with you a selection of creepy portraits recorded during the invasion. Check out:
US Soldiers Rescuing Dead Companions (Walter Rosenblum / Library of Congress / Wikimedia Commons)
US Military (US Army / Interim Archives / Getty Images)
Omaha Beach (Robert F. Sargent / US Coast Guard / National Archives and Records Administration / Wikimedia Commons)
Fallen Soldier at Omaha Beach (National Archives)
General Dwight D. Eisenhower talking to soldiers before the invasion (National Archives)
Canadian Soldiers Arriving at Courseulles Beach (STF / AFP / Getty Images)
Reinforcements for the invasion (Hulton Archive / Getty Images)
Clicked Photo of North American Vessel (PhotoQuest / Getty Images)
US Soldier (Bob Landry / The LIFE Images Collection / Getty Images)
Ready to attack (Galerie Bilderwelt / Getty Images)
British soldiers with a bottle of rum they found on the beach (Imperial War Museums / Wikimedia Commons)
Allied soldiers with Nazi flag (FPG / Hulton Archive / Getty Images)
US Army / The LIFE Picture Collection / Getty Images
US Soldiers on their way to the invasion (Robert F. Sargent / United States Coast Guard / Galerie Bilderwelt / Getty Images)
Treating the wounded (Galerie Bilderwelt / Getty Images)
Injured Soldiers (Wikimedia Commons)
Soldiers approaching Omaha Beach (Wikimedia Commons)
Omaha Beach (US Maritime Commission / Library of Congress)
British Soldiers at Sword Beach (Galerie Bilderwelt / Getty Images)
Prepared for the invasion (Galerie Bilderwelt / Getty Images)
Arrival at Omaha Beach (US Army Signal Corps./Wikimedia Commons)
American Skydivers (Time Life Pictures / US Air Force / The LIFE Picture Collection / Getty Images)
Ready to jump (National Archives / Wikimedia Commons)
Treating the wounded (Galerie Bilderwelt / Getty Images)
General Dwight D. Eisenhower with a group of skydivers (National Archives)
British soldiers carrying wounded fellow (Imperial War Museums / Wikimedia Commons)
US soldiers killed during the invasion (Imperial War Museums / Wikimedia Commons)
British skydivers with their mascot, Pegasus (Imperial War Museums / Wikimedia Commons)
British soldiers sharing hot chocolate with a French boy (Imperial War Museums / Wikimedia Commons)
Canadian troops during landing at Juno Beach (Library and Archives Canada / Wikimedia Commons)
British escorting captured Germans (Imperial War Museums / Wikimedia Commons)
French civilians welcoming Allied troops after D-Day (Frank Scherschel / The LIFE Picture Collection / Getty Images)
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