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Rare photographs of D-Day!
Rare photographs and other D-Day–related documents from the National Archives can be found in our online Catalog and in the online exhibit “1944–D-Day and the Normandy Invasion.”
This week I’m highlighting color photographs taken as the Western Allies prepared for the invasion of Normandy (D-Day). The overwhelming maj
Second Lieutenant Walter Sidlowski kneels over the blanket covered body of an American soldier he had just retrieved from the surf off Omaha Beach following the D-Day invasion - June 6, 1944
US soldiers, enroute to the beaches of Normandy as D-day gets underway - 6th June 1944
Les Braves, St Laurent/Mer by sir20
On Omaha Beach (France), where more than 1200 GIs died on D-Day (June 6 1944), stands a monumental work by Anilore Banon in homage to the dead and the soldiers who fought there.
Three members of the WWII Airborne Demonstration Team display the typical loadout of gear worn by US Paratroopers of the 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions on D-Day.
The WWII ADT was one of several groups of airborne re-enactors that jumped in period-correct uniforms and gear, with authentic military canopy parachutes, from a fleet of C-47 ‘Dakotas’ onto original D-Day drop zones during the 75th anniversary of D-Day on June 6, 2019.
(Photo by: Gary Daniels)
June 6, 1944, at 5:50 am, the USS TEXAS begins to fire at multiple ground installations including casemates, gun emplacements, pillboxes, and underground tunnels, at Pointe Du Hoe and Omaha Beach. The ship’s spotter aircraft at the time, the British-made Spitfire airplane manned by American naval aviators, reported several hits on the emplacements.
Shifting targets at 6:26 am, seventeen more 14”/45 caliber rounds were fired in just four short minutes, ceasing all bombardment fire at 6:30 am while allied forces began landing on the beaches. For the remainder of the day, the ship continued to fire on targets of opportunity, such as machine gun and mortar positions, field batteries, troop emplacements, and ammunition depots. The last fire mission on enemy vehicles came at 8:45 pm and lasted until 9:09 pm, resulting in effective fire and several hits recorded. Just under seven hundred shells were fired into northern France, leading to a successful shore bombardment, allowing Allied forces to make headway in the liberation of Europe.
Eighty years later, the Battleship TEXAS, the last remaining battleship to participate in the bombardment of Normandy, reminds us of the great sacrifices made by those who took part in the largest amphibious invasion of Europe.
"Those of our troops who were not wax-gray with seasickness, fighting it off, trying to hold onto themselves before they had to grab for the steel side of the boat, were watching the Texas with looks of surprise and happiness. Under the steel helmets they looked like pikemen of the Middle Ages to whose aid in battle had suddenly come some strange and unbelievable monster. There would be a flash like a blast furnace from the 14-inch guns of the Texas, that would lick far out from the ship. Then the yellow-brown smoke would cloud out and, with the smoke still rolling, the concussion and the report would hit us, jarring the men’s helmets. It struck your near ear like a punch with a heavy, dry glove." - Ernest Hemingway
Landing craft pass Battleship Texas on their way to the beaches of Normandy on June 6, 1944.
Post on the Battleship Texas Foundation Facebook page: link
US Paratroopers from F Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th PIR, 101st Airborne Division, on their way to Normandy, France - 5th June 1944. Photo : US Army Archives
Over eighty years later, the Battleship TEXAS, the last remaining battleship to participate in the bombardment of Normandy, reminds us of the great sacrifices made by those who took part in the largest amphibious invasion of Europe.
Learn about Battleship Texas and its targets on June 6th, 1944, here: https://battleshiptexas.org/d-day/
Posted on the Battleship Texas Foundation Facebook page: link
82nd anniversary of the D-Day landings
The D-Day beach landings (Operation Overlord) on June 6, 1944, stands as the largest amphibious invasion in military history, establishing a crucial Western Front to defeat Nazi Germany.