Authentic footage from the D-Day landings and following days in June 1944. #dday #NormandyTrip #WW2History #NormandyInvasion #DdayAnniversary #WW2Travel #NormandyBeaches #DdayLandings #WW2Normandy #NormandyTour #DdayMemorial #WW2Sites #NormandyHistory #Dday75 #WW2Traveler #NormandyBattlefields #DdayTour #WW2Remembrance #NormandyExperience #DdayHistory #omahabeach #dday79 #britishhero #britishveteran #WWIIBritishArmy #BandofBrothers #N4OH #walkamongheroes #greatestgeneration #dday80 | Walk Among

Powerful images of the D-Day landings have resurfaced 80 years after they were taken by American cameramen on Omaha Beach and Utah Beach. French documentarian Dominique Forget rediscovered the forgotten footage and, alongside the cameramen’s ancestors, now wants to preserve and honour their memory. The footage, taken on 6 June 1944, gives a unique insight into how the landings played out. #AFP 🎥Carmen CUESTA-ROCA RICHARD TAYLOR COLLECTION / US NATIONAL ARCHIVES JACK LIEB COLLECTION / US NATIONA

On #ThisDayInHistory in 1944, after months of planning, Allied forces launched an attack along the German-occupied beaches in Normandy. Canadian troops seized Juno Beach, an Allied code name for a 10 km stretch of coastline, making it one of the most successful assaults carried out on D-Day. http://www.history.ca/history-topics/latest/june-6-1944-d-day/ | HISTORY

Juno Beach, D-Day, June 6, 1944. Canadian forces demonstrated remarkable courage and effectiveness as they stormed heavily fortified German defenses along the Normandy coast. Facing rough seas, obstacles, and intense machine-gun fire, the soldiers of the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division pushed forward with determination, securing their objectives and advancing farther inland than any other Allied force that day. Despite suffering significant casualties—over 1,000 in total—the Canadians overcame th