Gen. Dwight Eisenhower tells paratroopers in Britain on June 5, 1944: “Full victory — nothing else,” hours before the D-Day invasion.
Paratroopers fix their static lines for a jump before dawn over Normandy, France, on D-Day, June 6, 1944.
Allied forces paratroopers land June 6, 1944, as Normandy’s beaches are invaded on D-Day.
Under heavy German machine gun fire, American infantrymen wade ashore off the ramp of a Coast Guard landing craft during the invasion of the French coast of Normandy on June 6, 1944.
U.S. soldiers of the 4th Infantry Division land on Utah Beach as Allied forces storm the Normandy beaches on D-Day.
American troops in a landing craft huddle behind a shield as they approach Utah Beach as Allied forces storm the Normandy beaches on D-Day.
U.S. Army medical personnel administer a transfusion to a wounded comrade whose landing craft went down off the coast of Normandy, France, in the early days of the Allied landing operations.
Canadian soldiers land on Juno Beach in Normandy on D-Day.
An aerial view shows Allied forces engaged in the invasion of Normandy beaches on D-Day.
U.S. soldiers stand guard on a beach after Allied forces stormed the Normandy beaches during D-Day.
U.S. troops aboard a Coast Guard landing craft look out as it approaches Omaha Beach on D-Day.
Allied planes bomb enemy boats to prepare for the landing on D-Day.
U.S. reinforcements wade through the surf as they land at Normandy in the days after the D-Day invasion of occupied France.
Allied forces arrive at Normandy on D-Day.
Allied forces unload equipment on Omaha Beach during the D-Day invasion.
U.S. soldiers gather around trucks disembarking from landing craft shortly after Allied forces stormed the Normandy beaches on D-Day.
U.S. soldiers dry their clothes in a German bunker near the front line after Allied forces stormed the Normandy beaches during D-Day.
Joseph Vaghi, a U.S. Navy ensign, chats with residents of Colleville-Sur-Mer, France, after Allied forces stormed the Normandy beaches during D-Day.
