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The Normandy landings - D-Day

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Carnage on Omaha Beach

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O'Brien Reeve, a Flotilla Officer, Royal Navy, describes the terrible scene on Omaha Beach. See the transcript of this interview. See also the Eric Krull interview.

British troops struggling ashore on D-Day

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British troops struggle ashore, some helping wounded, on Sword Beach, Normandy, on D-Day.

Imperial War Museum, B 5114

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British commandos bound for Sword Beach on D-Day

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British commandos sit on board a landing craft bound for Sword Beach, Normandy, on D-Day.

Imperial War Museum, BN 1181

Setting out for Normandy on D-Day

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American troops crowd the deck of a landing craft setting out for Normandy on D-Day.

Imperial War Museum, EN 26341