Tag Archives: D-Day

Photo by Robert Capa; Omaha Beach D-Day

1944

U.S. Army Rangers, Weymouth, England, just days prior to D-Day

Omaha Beach, 6 June 1944


Photograph by Robert Capa


Normandy

This drone footage was taken in 2014 during the commemoration of the 70th Anniversary of the D-Day Invasion. It’s some phenomenal footage, and I thought today would be an appropriate day to share it.

This came to C-to-C via Milwaukee


June 6, 1944


Capa photo D Day

Photo credit: Robert Capa… Omaha Beach


June 6, 1944

Landing barge approaching Normandy
A landing barge approaching the coast of Normandy, France. 6 June 1944
Photo courtesy of the United States Coast Guard

Normandy 6 June 1944
Establishing a foothold on the beaches of France. The Allied Invasion of Europe. 6 June 1944
Photo courtesy of the United States Army