of Normandy, France. May 1944. In a landing exercise in Lyme Bay, 749 soldiers were killed by German submarines 28th April 1944. United Kingdom.

Operation Overlord Normandy, Soldiers of the United States Army are boarding a Landing Craft Transport (LCT) in Southern England. 30th May 1944. They will participate in the invasion of Normandy at Omaha Beach, France. Portland, United Kingdom.

US troops on the Esplanade at Weymouth, Dorset, on their way to embark on ships bound for Omaha Beach for the D-Day landings in Normandy, June 1944.

Operation Overlord Normandy, United States Army soldiers are sitting on top of several M4 half-track armored personal carriers. One is reading a book. Another one is checking an anti-aircraft gun. May 1944. They will soon participate in the D-Day landings in Normandy. UnitedKingdom.

Operation Overlord Normandy, United States Army troops train in the English countryside in preparation of the invasion of Normandy, France. May 1944. In a landing exercise in Lyme Bay, 749 soldiers were killed by German submarines 28th April 1944. United Kingdom.

In England, American soldiers, having loaded their equipment and supplies onto an LCT (Landing Craft, Tank) await the signal to begin the D-Day invasion, June 1944.

Planes of the 344th Bomb Group, which led the IX Bomber Command formations on D-Day. May 1944. Operations started in March 1944 with attacks on targets in German-occupied France, Belgium, and the Netherlands. After the beginning of the Normandy invasion the Group was active at Cotentin Peninsula, Caen, Saint-Lô and the Falaise Gap.

United States Rangers from E Company, 5th Ranger Battalion, on board