D-Day Pictures
D-Day images and pics including maps, Omaha, Utah, Juno and Sword beach.

 
LCT landing craft
on DDay invasion

 
D-Day map of
Normandy Beaches

 
"Jaws of Death"
June 6, 1944

 
US bombers fly over
the invasion fleet

 
Rangers scale
Pointe-du-Hoc

Famous D-Day Photo

Famous Robert Capa Photo

DDay Casualties
Omaha Beach

Soldiers Await Invasion

Utah Beach Pictures

Crossed Rifles 

Omaha Beach Pictures

Utah Beach explosion

Howitzers shelling
near Carentan

P-51 Mustang in
invasion stripes

Canadian Soldiers disembark
on Juno Beach

Free French fighters
greet American soldiers

Destroyed 88mm gun

Mulberry Harbor preparations

German armor
counter attacks

D-Day: June 6, 1944

The invasion of Normandy, France on June 6, 1944 (codenamed Operation Overlord by the Allies) was a triumph of intelligence, coordination, secrecy, and planning. The bold attack was also a tremendous risk. Ultimately it succeeded because of individual soldiers' bravery in combat. An invading army had not crossed the unpredictable, dangerous English Channel since 1688 -- and once the massive force set out, there was no turning back. The 5000-vessel armada stretched as far as the eye could see, transporting over 150,000 men and nearly 30,000 vehicles across the channel to the French beaches. Six parachute regiments -- over 13,000 men -- were flown from nine British airfields in over 800 planes. More than 300 planes dropped 13,000 bombs over coastal Normandy immediately in advance of the invasion.

1) World War II & D-Day Maps: Your resource for maps of D-Day and the rest of World War II.

2) The Pegasus Archive: The British Airborne Forces from 1940 - 1945. Includes detailed information and pictures about the 6th Airborne Division's operations in Normandy including Order of Battle, War Diaries and D-Day Pics Galleries.

3) D-Day : Etat des Lieux: A detailed site in both English and French which includes an hour by hour timeline of DDay as well as a large collection of veteran's accounts of the battle and Normandy invasion images.

4) National D-Day Memorial Foundation: National memorial to the Allied forces who participated in the WWII invasion of France, June 6, 1944. Includes facts and accounts.

5) D-Day: American Experience: DDay participants describe the planning and execution of the Normandy invasion during World War II, and the battle for the French beaches.

Sources:

1) PBS.org - www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/dday/

2) 100th Bomb Group Foundation - www.100thbg.com

3) Wikipedia.com - www.wikipedia.com

4) Universite de Caen. L'Annee 43: Guerre Totale. France

5) Olmsted, Merle. "A Crew Chief Remembers: To War with the Mustang"  FlightJournal.com.