On June 6, 1944, the United States and the United Kingdom (with help from many other western countries) began the long-awaited attack from the west, the Normandy Invasion (Operation Overlord). On D-Day, the very first day of this massive amphibious invasion, thousands of ships, tanks, planes, and troops crossed the English Channel and landed on the coast of France.
Find out more about D-Day, by exploring this large compilation of pictures of D-Day, including preparation, crossing the English Channel, landing on the beaches at Normandy, and casualties.
Preparation
(Picture courtesy of the Library of Congress)
Ships Crossing the English Channel
(Picture from the U.S. Coast Guard Collection in the U.S. National Archives)
- Supplies stored in the front bow of a ship
- Ships towing barrage balloons cross the English Channel
- Convoy of LCI(L)s en route to the Normandy beaches
- Landing ships carrying infantry troops
- Ships off the invasion beaches, with barrage balloons
- Convoy of attack transports (APA) and LSTs anchored off shore
Soldiers on Their Way to Normandy
(Picture from the U.S. Coast Guard Collection in the U.S. National Archives)
Landings
(Picture from the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library)
- Troops looking out over the ledge of a manned LCVP
- Troops in a landing craft approaching Omaha Beach
- U.S. Troops wading through water and Nazi gunfire
- Troops wading ashore on Omaha beach
- Troops wade ashore from an LCVP landing craft
- Traffic lanes on the beach during D-Day
- A loaded Rhino ferry approaching the invasion beaches
- British Army tanks and trucks being unloaded onto a Rhino barge
- Troops land at Normandy
- Infantry along the Omaha Beach
On the Beach
(Picture from the Army Signal Corps Collection in the U.S. National Archives)
Wounded
(Picture from the Army Signal Corps Collection in the U.S. National Archives)
- Wounded soldiers from the Omaha Beach
- American wounded during the invasion
- LCM landing craft brings wounded U.S. Soldiers to a transport for evacuation from the combat zone
- LCM landing craft, evacuating casualties from the invasion beaches
- Two survivors being rescued from the water
- Troops using a lifeline to rescue several men
- U.S. troops administering first aid to survivors
On the Homefront
(Picture courtesy of the Library of Congress)
- Blood Donors on D-Day
- A line of men reading news posted on a wall about D-Day
- A crowd of people at the D-Day rally in Madison Square
- Woman Speaking at the D-Day Rally
- Rabbi Stephen S. Wise addresses the crowd at a D-Day rally outside Madison Square Garden
- Women leaving a New York syngagogue after D-Day services
