Photos Taken on 06 Jun 1944 | World War II Database

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Men of the British 2nd Army waiting to move off Queen White Beach of Sword Beach, Normandy, France, 6 Jun 1944	Nevada bombarding off Utah Beach, Normandy, 6 Jun 1944	Nevada firing her forward 14-inch guns off Utah Beach, Normandy, France, 6 Jun 1944	Normandy Landing Zone 'N' littered with Horsa gliders and one Hamilcar glider (lower right), Ranville, France, 6 Jun 1944

Pre-invasion bombing by A-20 bombers of Pointe du Hoc at Omaha Beach, Normandy, France, 6 Jun 1944	RAF C-47 Dakota aircraft towing Waco Hadrian gliders, 6 Jun 1944; note invasion stripes on all aircraft	Riflemen of 1st Battalion Royal Ulster Rifles, 6th Airlanding Brigade, UK 6th Airborne Division aboard a jeep and trailer, Normandy, France, 6 Jun 1944; note Horsa glider in background	Royal Marine Commandos of Headquarters, 4th Special Service Brigade, British 2nd Army landing at Juno 'Nan Red' Beach from LCI(S) landing craft, Normandy, France, 6 Jun 1944

Scene on Omaha Beach in Normandy, 6 Jun 1944; note LCI(L)-553 in background and a LCVP from APA Samuel Chase in left center	Sherman Duplex Drive tank of B Squadron, 13/18th Royal Hussars and men of No 4 Army Commando, both of British 2nd Army, near Ouistreham, Normandy, France, 6 Jun 1944	Skytrain transports flew over Utah Beach, 6 Jun 1944	TBM Avenger landing on USS Guadalcanal about 6 Jun 1944 while the carrier was towing the captured submarine U-505. Guadalcanal’s hunter group captured U-505 in the western Atlantic on 4 Jun 1944.

Troops and vehicles on board a landing craft approaching Omaha Beach, Normandy, 6 Jun 1944	Troops of 3rd Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division assembled on Omaha Beach before moving inland near Collville-sur-Mer, 6 Jun 1944; note LCI(L)-83 in background landing more men	Troops of the Canadian Royal Winnipeg Rifles regiment approaching Juno Beach, Normandy, France aboard LCA landing craft, 6 Jun 1944	Troops of the Canadian Royal Winnipeg Rifles regiment marching in Normandy, France, 6 Jun 1944

Troops of the Queen's Own Rifles of Canada regiment dug in near Carpiquet, Normandy, France with support from a M4 Sherman tank, 6 Jun 1944	Troops taking cover behind German beach obstacles, Normandy, 6 Jun 1944	Two Canadian soldiers looking at a German model of defenses at Courseulles-sur-Mer near Juno Beach landing area, Normandy, France, 6 Jun 1944	Two German officers in a group of prisoners who surrendered to the Canadians in Bernières-sur-mer, Normandy, France, 6 Jun 1944