On June 6, 1944, more than 160,000 Allied troops landed along a 50-mile stretch of heavily fortified French coastline to fight Nazi Germany on the beaches of Normandy, France. More than 5,000 ships and 13,000 aircraft supported the D-Day invasion, and despite more than 9,000 Allied soldiers being killed or wounded, the Allies established a hold by the end of the first day’s fighting (Image courtesy of Stars And Stripes, with permission)
